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1 splendor

splendor, ōris, m. [splendeo], sheen, brightness, brilliance, lustre, splendor.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;
syn.: fulgor, nitor): splendor acer adurit saepe oculos,
Lucr. 4, 304:
splendor clipeo clarior, Plaut Mil. 1, 1, 1: caelum splendore plenum,
id. Merc. 5, 2, 39:
flammae,
Ov. F. 5, 366:
auri (with nitor gemmae),
Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63:
argenti,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 28:
jussine in splendorem dare bullas has foribus nostris?
to be polished, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 20; cf. id. Aul. 4, 1, 16:
clarus vestis purpureaï,
Lucr. 2, 52; cf.:
magnificus Babylonicorum,
id. 4, 1029:
aquaï,
clearness, id. 4, 211:
aquarum,
Front. Aquaed. 89:
minii,
Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 121:
lapidis phengitae,
Suet. Dom. 14 et saep.— Plur.:
nitores et splendores auri,
Gell. 2, 6, 4: tremuli splendores, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 123. —
B.
In partic., of style of living, etc., splendor, magnificence, sumptuousness (class.;
syn. magnificentia): (majores nostri) in publicā dignitate omnia ad gloriam splendoremque revocarunt,
Cic. Fl. 12, 28:
si quem horum aliquid offendit, si amicorum catervae, si splendor, si nitor,
id. Cael. 31, 77:
splendor domūs atque victūs,
Gell. 1, 14, 1.—
II.
Trop., lustre, splendor, honor, dignity, excellence, etc. (so most freq. in Cic.):
honesti homines et summo splendore praediti,
Cic. Clu. 69, 198:
summorum hominum splendor,
id. de Or. 1, 45, 200: senator [p. 1745] populi Romani, splendor ordinis, id. Caecin. 10, 28:
equester,
id. Rosc. Am. 48, 140; cf. id. Fam. 1, 3, 1; 1, 12, 27:
imperii,
id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:
animi et vitae,
id. Rep. 2, 42, 69:
vitae,
Liv. 3, 35, 1:
dignitatis,
Cic. Sull. 1:
M. Catonis splendorem maculare,
id. Sest. 28, 60:
harum rerum splendor omnis et amplitudo,
id. Off. 1, 20, 67:
splendore nominis capti,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42:
verborum Graecorum,
id. Or. 49, 164; cf. id. ib. 31, 110; Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 111:
actio ejus habebat in voce magnum splendorem,
clearness, Cic. Brut. 68, 239; so,
vocis,
id. ib. 71, 250; Plin. 20, 6, 21, § 47.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > splendor
2 splendor

splendor ōris, m [SPLEND-], brightness, brilliance, lustre, splendor, sheen: flammae, O.: argenti, H.— Splendor, magnificence, sumptuousness, grandeur: omnia ad gloriam splendoremque revocare.—Fig., distinguished merit, lustre, splendor, honor, dignity, excellence, eminence: homines summo splendore praediti: senator populi R. splendor ordinis: dignitatis: M. Catonis splendorem maculare.— Impressiveness: splendore nominis capti: verborum Graecorum.
* * *

splendoris N M

brilliance, luster, sheen; magnificence, sumptuousness, grandeur, splendor

Latin-English dictionary > splendor
3 per-misceō

per-misceō miscuī, mīxtus, ēre, to mix together, mix thoroughly, commingle, intermingle: equites pedites permixti, S.: naturam cum materiā: permixti cum suis fugientibus, Cs.: permixtum senatui populi concilium, L.: generi cruorem Sanguine cum soceri, O.: in oratione permixti pedes. —Fig., to mix together, mingle, commingle, intermingle: tuas sordes cum clarissimorum virorum splendore: alcuius consiliis permixtus, implicated, Ta.—To confound, disturb, throw into confusion: omnia: divina humanaque iura permiscentur, Cs.: domum, V.: Graeciam: species sceleris tumultu Permixtae, i. e. confused by guilt, H.

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4 prae-stringō

prae-stringō inxī, ictus, ere, to draw together, fasten up, bind fast, compress: Syracosio (laqueo) praestrictā fauce, O.—Fig., of the sight, to make dull, blunt, dim, dazzle: oculos: fulguribus praestringentibus aciem oculorum, blinding, L.—Of the mind, to dazzle, confuse, overwhelm, baffle: aciem animorum nostrorum virtutis splendore: oculos mentis: praestigias.

Latin-English dictionary > prae-stringō
5 sīc-ut or sīc-utī

sīc-ut or sīc-utī adv. —With a verb, so as, just as, as: sicut ait Ennius: valeant preces apud te meae, sicut pro te hodie valuerunt, L.: urbem Romam, sicuti ego accepi, condidere Troiani, S.: sicut verbis nuncupavi, ita... legiones mecum Dis Manibus devoveo, L.: sicut medico diligenti natura corporis cognoscenda est, sic equidem, etc. —In abridged clauses, just as, like, in the same way as: nec sicut volgus, sed ut eruditi solent appellare sapientem: nihil me, sicut antea, iuvat Scribere versiculos, H.: hunc, sicut omni vitā, tum prensantem premebat nobilitas, L.: sicut in foro non bonos oratores, item in theatro actores malos perpeti: illi, sicut Campani Capuam, sic Regium habituri perpetuam sedem erant, L.—With a verb repeated in emphatic confirmation: dum modo sit haec res, sicut est, minime contemnenda, as it certainly is: si nox opportuna est eruptioni, sicut est, L.: illa, quamvis ridicula essent, sicut erant, tamen, etc., as no doubt they were: poteratque viri vox illa videri, Sicut erat, O.: quod fore, sicut accidit, videbat, Cs.—Introducing a term of comparison, as it were, like, as, as if: ut sese splendore animi sicut speculum praebeat civibus: ab eius (cornūs) summo, sicut palmae, ramique late diffunduntur, Cs.: fugā Tibur sicut arcem belli petunt, L.—Introducing an example, as, for instance: quibus in causis omnibus, sicut in ipsā M.' Curi... fuit dissensio: omnibus periculis, sicut cum Spartam oppugnavit, N.—Of condition, as, in the same condition as: Sicut eram, fugio sine vestibus, O.: ille, sicut nudatus erat, pervenit ad Graecos, Cu.: sicuti erat, cruentā veste, in castra pervenit, Cu.—Of a pretence, as if, just as if: alii sicuti populi iura defenderent, pars, etc., under pretence of defending, S.

Latin-English dictionary > sīc-ut or sīc-utī
6 aurum

aurum (Sab. ausum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; vulg. Lat., ōrum, ib. p. 183; cf. Ital. and Span. oro and Fr. or), i, n. [v. aes].
I.
Gold; as a mineral, v. Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 66 sqq.:
auri venas invenire,
Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:
venas auri sequi,
Lucr. 6, 808; Tac. G. 5:
aurum igni perspicere,
Cic. Fam. 9, 16:
eruere terrā,
Ov. Am. 3, 8, 53:
auri fodina,
Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78; Vulg. Gen. 2, 11; ib. 2 Par. 2, 7; ib. Matt. 2, 11; Naev. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 797:
ex auro vestis,
id. 2, 22 (ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 20) et saep.—
Provv.: montes auri polliceri,
to promise mountains of gold, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18:
carius auro,
more precious than gold, Cat. 107, 3 (cf.: kreissona chrusou, Aesch. Choëph. 372; chrusou chrusotera, Sapph. Fr. 122. Ellis).—
II.
Meton.
A.
Things made of gold, an ornament of gold, a golden vessel, utensil, etc.:
Nec domus argento fulget nec auro renidet,
gold plate, Lucr. 2, 27. So,
1.
A golden goblet:
et pleno se proluit auro,
Verg. A. 1, 739:
Regales epulae mensis et Bacchus in auro Ponitur,
Ov. M. 6, 488:
tibi non committitur aurum,
Juv. 5, 39; 10, 27; Stat. Th. 5, 188;
and in the hendiadys: pateris libamus et auro = pateris aureis,
Verg. G. 2, 192.—
2.
A golden chain, buckle, clasp, necklace, jewelry:
Oneratas veste atque auro,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 43:
Donec eum conjunx fatale poposcerit aurum,
Ov. M. 9, 411; 14, 394.—
3.
A gold ring:
Ventilet aestivum digitis sudantibus aurum,
Juv. 1, 28.—
4.
A golden bit:
fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum,
Verg. A. 7, 279; 5, 817.—
5.
The golden fleece:
auro Heros Aesonius potitur,
Ov. M. 7, 155.—
6.
A golden hairband, krôbulos:
crines nodantur in aurum,
Verg. A. 4, 138 Serv.—
7.
Esp. freq., gold as coined money:
si quis illam invenerit Aulam onustam auri,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 4:
De Caelio vide, quaeso, ne quae lacuna sit in auro,
Cic. Att. 12, 6, 1:
Aurum omnes victā jam pietate colunt,
Prop. 4, 12, 48 sq.:
quid non mortalia pectora cogis Auri sacra fames?
Verg. A. 3, 56; cf. Plin. 37, 1, 3, § 6; so Hor. C. 2, 16, 8; 2, 18, 36; 3, 16, 9; id. S. 2, 2, 25; 2, 3, 109; 2, 3, 142; id. Ep. 2, 2, 179; Vulg. Matt. 10, 9; ib. Act. 3, 6 et saep.—
B.
The color or lustre of gold, the gleam or brightness of gold, Ov. M. 9, 689:
anguis cristis praesignis et auro (hendiadys, for cristis aureis),
id. ib. 3, 32:
saevo cum nox accenditur auro,
Val. Fl. 5, 369 (i. e. mala portendente splendore, Wagn.); so,
fulgor auri, of the face,
Cat. 64, 100, ubi v. Ellis.—
C.
The Golden Age:
redeant in aurum Tempora priscum,
Hor. C. 4, 2, 39:
subiit argentea proles, Auro deterior,
Ov. M. 1, 115; 15, 260.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aurum
7 capio

1.
căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:
capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:
sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:
cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:
cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:
tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:
cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:
flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:
acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:
lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:
baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:
colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:
florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:
pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:
ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:
rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:
scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:
capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;
and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:
quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:
lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of living objects.
a.
To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.
(α).
Of persons:
oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:
capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:
quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:
captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:
servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:
in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:
inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:
quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:
ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:
dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
(β).
Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:
si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:
hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:
neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:
nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:
hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—
b.
To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:
quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:
quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:
quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:
secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:
nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;
erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:
hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:
te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:
carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:
munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;
14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:
dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:
voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:
temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:
(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:
amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:
auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:
neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;
nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
c.
To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:
sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:
eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:
ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:
capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:
captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:
ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:
adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:
capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:
dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:
quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—
d.
To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):
tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:
tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:
callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—
e.
To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.
(α).
Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):
mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:
captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:
capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:
oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:
congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:
si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:
habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:
censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:
lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:
princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:
captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;
and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—
(β).
Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:
labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;
rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,
animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:
captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:
virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:
viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:
captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:
capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—
f.
To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:
de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:
Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:
me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:
te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:
quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:
non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:
si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:
plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:
jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:
religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
2.
Of places.
a.
To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:
loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:
castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:
locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:
ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:
nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:
neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:
erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:
locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:
duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,
of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:
quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:
tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;
for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;
for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:
Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:
ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
b.
To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:
invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:
MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):
ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:
Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:
urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:
ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:
concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:
plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:
sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:
oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
c.
To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):
insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:
onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:
accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:
nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:
qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
3.
Of things of value, property, money, etc.
a.
In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:
AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:
agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:
ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:
quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:
classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:
magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:
ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:
e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:
signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §
82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:
cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:
ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:
majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:
te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:
paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:
ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:
quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:
quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
b.
In particular connections.
(α).
With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:
his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:
HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:
quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §
27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §
91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §
218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §
71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:
ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:
nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:
si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:
ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:
saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
(β).
Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:
si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:
qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:
abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:
aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:
si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:
qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:
qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
(γ).
Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:
capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:
vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:
quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:
si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
C.
Trop.
1.
Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):
metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:
honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:
ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:
ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:
multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:
fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:
quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:
utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:
usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
2.
Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:
gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:
figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:
formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:
duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:
radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:
cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:
siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:
maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:
radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:
vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:
(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
3.
Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:
cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:
qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:
aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:
consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:
misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:
quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:
disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:
quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
4.
Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:
nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:
o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:
in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:
consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:
honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:
imperium,
id. Claud. 10:
magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:
magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:
capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:
rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:
pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:
rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:
neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:
ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:
patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
5.
In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:
augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:
augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:
omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:
in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:
rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:
a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:
experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):
nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:
fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:
ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:
expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:
ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:
eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
6.
Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:
si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:
si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:
quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:
si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
7.
Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:
quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:
cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:
hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:
conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:
nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:
capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:
quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:
temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:
tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:
confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:
subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):
legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:
obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:
si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:
ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:
cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
8.
Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:
ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:
illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
9.
Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:
tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:
omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:
laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;
hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:
satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:
cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:
angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:
quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:
laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:
lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:
opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:
itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:
ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:
ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:
ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):
laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:
ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:
maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:
et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:
voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:
malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:
quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
10.
Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):
edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:
numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:
nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:
te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:
Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:
cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:
etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:
qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:
oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:
tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:
ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:
hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:
tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;
I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:
infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:
cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;
I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:
ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:
tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:
senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):
quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
11.
Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:
calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:
detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;
videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:
Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:
quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
II.
To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:
parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:
jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:
terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:
dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:
cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—
2.
Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:
di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:
qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;
volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:
non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:
non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:
neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:
officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:
si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:
ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):
tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
2.
To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.
a.
Affirmatively (rare):
quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:
si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:
dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
b.
With negatives:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:
nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:
vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:
ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:
sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:
majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:
ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:
infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
3.
Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):
rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:
molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:
res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
4.
With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):
nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:
crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
5.
Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):
sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:
quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:
senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:
somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
2.
căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
I.
A taking:
dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
II.
= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capio
8 Capta

1.
căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:
capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:
sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:
cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:
cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:
tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:
cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:
flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:
acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:
lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:
baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:
colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:
florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:
pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:
ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:
rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:
scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:
capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;
and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:
quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:
lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of living objects.
a.
To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.
(α).
Of persons:
oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:
capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:
quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:
captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:
servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:
in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:
inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:
quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:
ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:
dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
(β).
Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:
si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:
hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:
neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:
nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:
hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—
b.
To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:
quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:
quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:
quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:
secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:
nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;
erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:
hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:
te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:
carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:
munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;
14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:
dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:
voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:
temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:
(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:
amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:
auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:
neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;
nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
c.
To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:
sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:
eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:
ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:
capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:
captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:
ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:
adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:
capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:
dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:
quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—
d.
To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):
tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:
tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:
callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—
e.
To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.
(α).
Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):
mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:
captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:
capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:
oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:
congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:
si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:
habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:
censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:
lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:
princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:
captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;
and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—
(β).
Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:
labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;
rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,
animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:
captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:
virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:
viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:
captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:
capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—
f.
To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:
de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:
Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:
me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:
te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:
quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:
non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:
si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:
plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:
jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:
religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
2.
Of places.
a.
To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:
loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:
castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:
locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:
ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:
nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:
neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:
erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:
locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:
duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,
of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:
quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:
tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;
for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;
for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:
Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:
ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
b.
To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:
invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:
MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):
ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:
Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:
urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:
ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:
concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:
plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:
sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:
oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
c.
To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):
insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:
onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:
accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:
nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:
qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
3.
Of things of value, property, money, etc.
a.
In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:
AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:
agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:
ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:
quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:
classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:
magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:
ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:
e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:
signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §
82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:
cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:
ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:
majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:
te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:
paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:
ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:
quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:
quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
b.
In particular connections.
(α).
With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:
his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:
HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:
quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §
27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §
91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §
218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §
71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:
ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:
nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:
si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:
ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:
saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
(β).
Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:
si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:
qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:
abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:
aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:
si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:
qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:
qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
(γ).
Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:
capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:
vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:
quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:
si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
C.
Trop.
1.
Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):
metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:
honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:
ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:
ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:
multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:
fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:
quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:
utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:
usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
2.
Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:
gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:
figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:
formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:
duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:
radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:
cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:
siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:
maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:
radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:
vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:
(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
3.
Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:
cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:
qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:
aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:
consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:
misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:
quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:
disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:
quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
4.
Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:
nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:
o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:
in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:
consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:
honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:
imperium,
id. Claud. 10:
magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:
magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:
capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:
rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:
pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:
rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:
neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:
ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:
patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
5.
In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:
augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:
augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:
omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:
in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:
rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:
a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:
experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):
nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:
fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:
ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:
expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:
ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:
eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
6.
Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:
si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:
si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:
quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:
si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
7.
Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:
quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:
cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:
hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:
conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:
nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:
capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:
quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:
temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:
tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:
confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:
subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):
legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:
obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:
si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:
ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:
cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
8.
Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:
ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:
illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
9.
Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:
tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:
omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:
laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;
hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:
satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:
cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:
angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:
quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:
laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:
lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:
opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:
itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:
ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:
ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:
ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):
laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:
ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:
maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:
et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:
voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:
malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:
quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
10.
Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):
edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:
numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:
nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:
te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:
Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:
cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:
etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:
qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:
oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:
tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:
ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:
hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:
tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;
I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:
infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:
cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;
I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:
ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:
tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:
senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):
quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
11.
Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:
calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:
detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;
videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:
Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:
quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
II.
To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:
parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:
jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:
terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:
dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:
cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—
2.
Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:
di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:
qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;
volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:
non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:
non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:
neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:
officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:
si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:
ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):
tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
2.
To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.
a.
Affirmatively (rare):
quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:
si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:
dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
b.
With negatives:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:
nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:
vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:
ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:
sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:
majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:
ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:
infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
3.
Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):
rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:
molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:
res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
4.
With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):
nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:
crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
5.
Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):
sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:
quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:
senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:
somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
2.
căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
I.
A taking:
dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
II.
= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Capta
9 circumfundo

circum-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., lit. to pour out around, i.e. as in circumdo, either with the acc. of that which is poured, to pour around; or, with the acc. of that around which something is poured, to surround with a liquid (class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Lit.
A.
With acc. of the liquid poured (with or without dat. of the object around which):
amurcam ad oleam circumfundito,
Cato, R. R. 93:
Tigris urbi circumfunditur,
surrounds, flows round the town, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 132.— More freq. in part. perf. pass.:
mare circumfusum urbi,
the sea flowing around the town, Liv. 30, 9, 12:
gens circumfusis invia fluminibus,
Ov. F. 5, 582:
circumfusus nobis spiritus,
Quint. 12, 11, 13:
nec circumfuso pendebat in aëre tellus,
circumambient, Ov. M. 1, 12; imitated by Tib. 4, 1, 151.—
Reflex.: circumfudit se repente nubes,
Lact. 4, 21, 1.—Once mid.: cum fervet (lac), ne circumfundatur, etc., pour itself out around, i. e. run over, Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 126; cf.:
circumfusa nubes,
Verg. A. 1, 586.—
B.
With acc. of the object around which, etc., with or without abl. of the fluid:
(mortuum) cerā circumfuderunt,
Nep. Ages. 8, 7:
terram crassissimus circumfundit aër,
encompasses, envelops, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17:
terra circumfusa illo mari, quem oceanum appellatis,
id. Rep. 6, 20, 21:
et multo nebulae circum dea fudit amictu (tmesis),
Verg. A. 1, 412:
quas circumfuderat atra tempestas,
Sil. 7, 723.—
II.
Transf. to objects that do not flow, esp. if there is a great multitude, as it were, heaped upon a thing.
A.
(Acc. to I. 1.) Mid., to press upon, crowd around, embrace closely, cling to (freq. in the histt.):
circumfunduntur ex reliquis hostes partibus,
Caes. B. G. 6, 37; 7, 28; id. B. C. 3. 63:
equites infestis cuspidibus circumfunduntur,
Liv. 10, 36, 9; 25, 34, 9; 27, 19, 3;
44, 23, 8: (Nymphae) circumfusae Dianam Corporibus texere suis,
surrounding, Ov. M. 3, 180:
multitudo circumfusa,
Caes. B. G. 6, 34; Liv. 2, 28, 6; 4, 46, 6; Curt. 8, 14, 31; Quint. 4, 2, 37.—With the dat. of that upon which a multitude presses:
circumfundebantur obviis sciscitantes,
Liv. 22, 7, 11; 22, 14, 15; 26, 27, 10;
29, 34, 14 al.: circumfusa turba lateri meo,
id. 6, 15, 9: ut lateribus circumfundi posset equitatus. Curt. 3, 9, 12. —With acc. (depending on circum): Pacidiussuos equites exporrigere coepit... uthaberent facultatem turmas Julianas circumfundi, to surround, encompass them, Auct. B. Afr. 78 Oud. N. cr. — Poet. also of a single person: et nunc hac juveni, nunc circumfunditur illac, i. e. clings to, or closely embraces him, Ov. M. 4, 360; 14, 354; cf. with acc.:
hunc (sc. Mavortem), tu, diva, tuo recubantem corpore sancto circumfusa super,
Lucr. 1, 40.—
(β).
So once in the active voice, absol.:
circumfudit eques,
Tac. A. 3, 46.—
2.
Trop.:
undique circumfusae molestiae,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:
non est tantum ab hostibus aetati nostrae periculum, quantum ab circumfusis undique voluptatibus, Liv 30, 14, 6: circumfuso nitore,
Quint. 4, 1, 59.—
B.
(Acc. to I. 2.) To enclose, environ, surround, overwhelm:
circumfusus publicorum praesidiorum copiis,
Cic. Mil. 26, 71:
praefectum castrorum circumfundunt,
Tac. A. 12, 38; so id. H. 2, 19; 4, 20; id. A. 13, 40; Plin. [p. 339] 5, 12, 13, § 67; Sil. 7, 306:
circumfusus hostium concursu,
Nep. Chabr. 4, 2:
M. Catonem vidi in bibliothecā sedentem, multis circumfusum Stoicorum libris,
Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 7; Quint. 9, 4, 91, Curt. 3, 11, 4:
amplexibus alicujus,
Vell. 2, 123, 3:
X. milia Bojorum alio latere quam exspectabatur missis legionibus circumfudit,
Front. 1, 2, 7.—
2.
Trop.:
cum has terras incolentes circumfusi erant caligine,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 45:
latent ista omnia crassis occultata et circumfusa tenebris,
id. Ac. 2, 39, 122:
ut, quantā luce ea circumfusa sunt, possint agnoscere,
id. ib. 2, 15, 46:
eos stultitiā obruit, tenebris circumfundit,
Lact. 3, 29, 14:
circumfundit, aliquem multo splendore,
Sen. Tranq. 1, 9.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > circumfundo
10 commendo

com-mendo ( conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. mando], to commit to one for preservation, protection, etc., to intrust to one ' s charge, commit to one ' s care, commend to.
I.
Prop.
A.
Lit., implying a physical delivery, to deposit with, intrust to; constr. aliquem or aliquid alicui, or absol.:
commendare nihil aliud est quam deponere,
Dig. 50, 16, 186:
Oratorem meum—sic enim inscripsi— Sabino tuo commendavi,
Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 1:
sacrum sacrove commendatum qui clepsit rapsitve parricida esto,
id. Leg. 2, 9, 22; 2, 16, 40:
nummos alicui,
Dig. 16, 3, 24:
corpus alicui loco,
Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 4:
CORPORA SARCOPHAGO,
Inscr. Orell. 4370.— Poet.:
semina sulcis,
Sil. 15, 541.—With apud or ad and acc. (rare and post-class.): Demetrius duos filios apud Gnidium hospitem suum cum magno auri pondere commendaverat, [p. 377] Just. 35, 2, 1:
cujus beneficio ad sororem Medeam est commendatus,
Hyg. Fab. 3.—
B.
Trop.:
ego me tuae commendo et committo fidei,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 47 (cf.:
bona nostra haec tibi permitto et tuae mando fide,
id. And. 1, 5, 61); so,
commendare se patri in clientelam et fidem,
id. Eun. 5, 8, 9; 3, 5, 29:
tibi ejus omnia negotia, libertos, procuratores, familiam,
Cic. Fam. 1, 3, 2:
vos sum testatus, vobis me ac meos commendavi,
id. Dom. 57, 145:
totum me tuo amori fideique,
id. Att. 3, 20, 2:
tibi suos testamento liberos,
id. Fin. 3, 2, 9:
simul atque natum sit animal, ipsum sibi conciliari et commendari ad se conservandum,
id. ib. 3, 5, 16; * Cat. 15, 1; Ov. M. 6, 495:
aliquem diis,
Tac. A. 4, 17; cf. id. ib. 15, 23:
rempublicam patribus,
id. H. 1, 90; Suet. Aug. 56.— Trop.: aliquid litteris, to commit to writing, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 2:
historiam immortalitati,
Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:
nomen tuum immortalitati,
id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; cf.:
nomen suum posteritati,
Curt. 9, 3, 5:
eum sempiternae gloriae,
Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 6: se fugae, Auct. B. Afr. 34.—
2.
Esp., of the dying, to commend children, parents, etc., to the care of others:
is, qui morti addictus esset, paucos sibi dies commendandorum suorum causā postulavisset,
Cic. Off. 3, 10, 46:
hi de suā salute desperantes... parentes suos commendabant, si quos ex eo periculo fortuna servare potuisset,
Caes. B. C. 2, 41:
ille tibi moriens nos commendavit senex,
Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 11; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 73:
tibi suos testamento liberos,
Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9.—
II.
In gen., to commend or recommend, i. e. to procure favor for, to make agreeable, to set off with advantage, to grace (class.):
principes undique convenire et se civitatesque suas Caesari commendare coeperunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 27 fin.;
Auct. B. G. 8, 50: P. Rutilii adulescentiam ad opinionem et conscientiae et juris scientiae P. Mucii commendavit domus,
Cic. Off. 2, 13, 47:
(vox) quae una maxime eloquentiam vel commendat vel sustinet,
id. de Or. 1, 59, 252; cf.:
nullā re unā magis oratorem commendari quam verborum splendore et copiā,
id. Brut. 59, 216; id. Att. 13, 19, 2; Quint. 6, 1, 21:
adfectus nemo historicorum commendavit magis,
id. 10, 1, 101:
quod me Lucanae commendet amicae,
Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 21:
marmora commendantur maculis aut coloribus,
Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 49:
compluresque tribuni militum ad Caesarem veniunt seque ei commendant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 74:
hoc idcirco commemoratum a te puto, uti te infimo ordini commendares,
Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3:
se civibus impiis,
id. ib. 5, 1, 3:
cum se numeris commendat et arte,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261:
se tonsā cute,
id. ib. 1, 18, 7:
his factis abunde se posteritati commendasset,
Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 2.—Hence, commendātus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Commended, recommended to:
quae res gloriosior? quae commendatior erit memoriae hominum sempiternae?
Cic. Phil. 2, 13, 32; id. Balb. 18, 43:
ceteris rebus habeas eos a me commendatissimos,
id. Fam. 12, 26, 2; 2, 8, 3; 13, 10, 2; 13, 64, 1.—
B.
Agreeable, approved, distinguished, valued:
vultus commendatior,
Petr. 110, 5:
calami,
Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161:
fama commendatior,
id. 25, 10, 81, § 130.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > commendo
11 Commodus

1.
com-mŏdus, a, um, adj., that has a due or proper measure; hence,
I.
Object., complete, perfect, of full weight or measure, fit, suitable, due, proper, etc. (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose;
most freq. in Plaut.): statura,
a tall stature, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21:
capillus,
id. Most. 1, 3, 98:
viginti argenti minae,
full twenty, id. As. 3, 3, 134 (cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 144: minae bonae); id. Merc. 2, 3, 101:
talentum argenti,
id. Rud. 5, 2, 31; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 266, 27:
novem cyathis commodis miscentur pocula,
Hor. C. 3, 19, 12:
alimenta,
Dig. 34, 1, 16, § 1:
capitis valetudo commodior,
more firm, Cels. 8, 1; Quint. 6, 3, 77;
and transf. to the person: vivere filium atque etiam commodiorem esse,
to be better, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 4.—
II.
Subject., suitable, fit, convenient, opportune, commodious, easy, appropriate for some one or something, favorable, friendly to (in every period and species of composition); constr. with dat. or absol., rarely with ad (v. the foll.).
A.
Of things.
1.
With dat.
a.
Of the purpose or use:
curationi omnia commodiora,
Liv. 30, 19, 5:
nec pecori opportuna seges nec commoda Baccho,
Verg. G. 4, 129.—
b.
Of the person:
hoc et vobis et meae commodum famae arbitror,
Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 9:
quod erit mihi bonum et commodum,
id. Phorm. 1, 2, 81:
nulla lex satis commoda omnibus est (corresp. with prodesse),
Liv. 34, 3, 5:
primordia eloquentiae mortalibus,
Tac. Or. 12:
hanc sibi commodissimam belli rationem judicavit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 85:
quae sit stella homini commoda, quaeque mala,
Prop. 2 (3), 27, 4.—
2.
Absol.:
hiberna,
Liv. 42, 67, 8:
longius ceterum commodius iter,
id. 22, 2, 2; cf.:
commodissimus in Britanniam transjectus,
Caes. B. G. 5, 2:
commodius anni tempus,
Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; cf. Ter. And. 5, 2, 3:
faciliore ac commodiore judicio,
Cic. Caecin. 3, 8:
litterae satis commodae de Britannicis rebus,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 25:
mores,
id. Lael. 15, 54:
commodissimum esse statuit, omnes naves subduci, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 11.—
3.
With or without dat. pers. in the phrase commodum est, it pleases, is agreeable, = libet:
proinde ut commodum est,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 8; 3, 1, 2: dum erit commodum, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 38:
si id non commodum est,
id. Eun. 3, 2, 49; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33 Ascon.; 2, 2, 16, § 39; 2, 1, 26, § 65; 2, 3, 70, § 165; id. Div. 1, 49, 111; id. de Or. 3, 23, 87; Plin. Pan. 48, 1:
id si tibi erit commodum, cures velim,
Cic. Att. 13, 48, 2; Cels. 4, 4; 4, 22.—
4.
With ad and acc. of purpose (very rare):
nec satis ad cursus commoda vestis Erat,
Ov. F. 2, 288.—
5.
With sup. in u (rare):
hoc exornationis genus... commodum est auditu,
Auct. Her. 4, 18, 26.—
B.
Of persons, serving a neighbor or (more freq.) accommodating one ' s self to his wishes, useful, serviceable, pleasant, agreeable, obliging, neighborly, friendly, polite, affable, gentle, etc.:
mihi commodus uni,
Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 227:
quemquamne existimas Catone commodiorem, communiorem, moderatiorem fuisse ad omnem rationem humanitatis?
Cic. Mur. 31, 66:
commodior mitiorque,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 39:
Apronius, qui aliis inhumanus ac barbarus, isti uni commodus ac disertus,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:
convivae,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 2; cf.:
commodus comissator,
Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 8; and:
commodus meis sodalibus,
Hor. C. 4, 8, 1:
homines,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 28:
mulier commoda, Faceta,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10; cf. id. And. 5, 2, 3.—In a double sense with I. supra:
ubi tu commoda's, capillum commodum esse credito,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 98.— Poet., of the measure of iambic verse:
spondeos in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens,
sharing the paternal rights with them, in a fraternal manner, Hor. A. P. 257.—Hence,
III.
Subst.: commŏdum, i, n.
1.
A convenient opportunity, favorable condition, convenience (rare, but in good prose):
nostrum exspectare,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1:
cum tamdiu sedens meum commodum exspectet,
id. ib. 14, 2, 3;
12, 38, 1: velim aliquando, cum erit tuum commodum, Lentulum puerum visas,
when it shall be convenient for you, id. ib. 12, 28, 3.—More freq.,
b.
In the connection commodo meo, tuo, etc., per commodum, ex commodo, at, or according to my, thy, etc., convenience, conveniently, at one ' s leisure:
etiamsi spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo vacuosque dies habuissemus,
according to our convenience, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56:
quod commodo tuo fiat,
id. Fam. 4, 2, 4; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 13, 48, 1: suo commodo me convenire, Caes. ap. Cic. ib. 14, 1, 2:
ubi consul copias per commodum exponere posset,
Liv. 42, 18, 3:
tamquam lecturus ex commodo,
Sen. Ep. 46, 1; Col. 12, 19, 3;
so opp. festinanter,
id. 6, 2, 14.—
2.
Advantage, profit (very freq. in all periods and species of composition):
commodum est, quod plus usus habet quam molestiae: bonum sincerum debet esse et ab omni parte innoxium,
Sen. Ep. 87, 36 sq.:
ut malis gaudeant atque ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 4:
ut ex illius commodo meum compararem commodum,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17; cf. id. Hec. 5, 3, 42; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 23:
cui tam subito tot congruerint commoda,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:
(honestatem) ipsam suo splendore ad se animos ducere, nullo prorsus commodo extrinsecus posito, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Ac. 3, 7, 15 (IV. 2, p. 470 Orell.): sequi matris commodum,
Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:
pacis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 335:
contra valetudinis commodum laborare,
to the injury of health, id. Mur. 23, 47:
mea,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37:
in publica peccem,
id. ib. 2, 1, 3; cf.:
populi commoda,
Nep. Phoc. 4, 1.—
b.
Specif., a reward, pay, stipend, salary, wages for public service: veteranorum, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 3:
omnibus provincialibus ornamentis commodisque depositis,
emoluments, id. Red. in Sen. 14, 35; Suet. Ner. 32; cf.:
emeritae militiae,
id. Calig. 44; id. Aug. 49; cf. also id. Vit. 15; id. Galb. 12:
militibus commoda dare,
Ov. A. A. 1, 131 sq.:
tribunatus,
Cic. Fam. 7, 8, 1:
missionum,
Suet. Aug. 49.—
c.
A favor, privilege, immunity, Suet. Aug. 31; id. Claud. 19.—
d.
A useful thing, a good:
commoda vitae,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; Lucr. 3, 2; cf.:
cetera opinione bona sunt... proprietas in illis boni non est. Itaque commoda vocentur,
Sen. Ep. 74, 17:
inter commoda illas (divitias) numeratis: atqui eādem ratione ne commodum quidem erunt,
id. ib. 87, 29. —
e.
Sometimes commodo or per commodum, adverb. antith. to that which is [p. 382] injurious, without injury or detriment:
ut regem reducas, quod commodo rei publicae facere possis,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:
si per commodum reipublicae posset, Romam venisset,
Liv. 10, 25, 17.—
3.
Concr., = commodatum, that which is lent, a loan:
qui forum et basilicas commodis hospitum, non furtis nocentium ornarent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf. Isid. Orig. 5, 25, 16.—
B.
Advv.:
1.
commŏdum, adv. temp. (only in colloquial lang. and post-class. prose writers).
a.
At a fit time, just in time, at the very nick, at the very moment, opportunely, seasonably ( = opportune, eukairôs):
ecce autem commodum aperitur foris,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 61:
commodum adveni domum,
id. Am. 2, 2, 37:
orditur loqui,
id. Trin. 5, 2, 12:
ipse exit Lesbonicus,
id. ib. 2, 3, 9: eukairôs ad me venit, cum haberem Dolabellam, Torquatus... commodum egeram diligentissime, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1; Symm. Ep. 2, 47. —
b.
To designate a point of time that corresponds with another, or that just precedes it, just, just then, just now.
(α).
Absol.:
ad te hercle ibam commodum,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 3; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9:
Taurus, sectatoribus commodum dimissis, sedebat, etc.,
Gell. 2, 2, 2:
si istac ibis, commodum obviam venies patri,
just meet, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 107. —
(β).
With postquam or (more freq.) with cum in a parallel clause:
postquam me misisti ad portum cum luci simul, Commodum radiosus ecce sol superabat ex mari,
Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 41:
quom huc respicio ad virginem, Illa sese interea commodum huc advorterat,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 52:
commodum discesseras heri, cum Trebatius venit,
Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:
emerseram commodum ex Antiati in Appiam, cum in me incurrit Curio,
id. ib. 2, 12, 2 B. and K. (al. commode); so with the pluperf. and a foll. cum, id. ib. 13, 19, 1; 13, 30, 2; 10, 16, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 15:
adducitur a Veneriis Lollius commodum cum Apronius e palaestrā redisset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 B. and K. (Zumpt, commode):
cum jam filiae nostrae dies natalis appeteret, commodum aderant, quae muneri miseratis,
Symm. Ep. 3, 50. —
2.
commŏdŏ, adv. temp., = commodum, a., just in time, seasonably, just at this time (ante-class. and very rare): commodo eccum exit, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 177 P. (i. e. in tempore, Charis.): commodo de parte superiore descendebat, Sisenn. ib.: commodo dictitemus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 174; cf. id. ib. p. 177.—
3.
commŏdē, adv.
a.
(Acc. to commodus, I.) Duly, properly, completely, rightly, well, skilfully, neatly, etc. (class.):
suo quique loco viden' capillus satis compositu'st commode?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97: commode amictus non sum, id. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 3:
saltare, Nep. praef. § 1: legere,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 3; cf. in comp., id. ib. 9, 34, 1:
multa breviter et commode dicta,
Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf. id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; id. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 20; 1, 2, 33 al.:
cogitare,
id. Heaut. prol. 14:
audire,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:
valere,
Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11:
feceris commode mihique gratum, si, etc.,
Cic. Att. 10, 3 fin.:
commode facere, quod, etc.,
id. ib. 11, 7, 7; in comp.:
commodius fecissent tribuni plebis, si, etc.,
id. Agr. 3, 1, 1.—In medic.:
commode facere,
to do well, be beneficial, Cels. 4, 12.—
b.
(Acc. to commodus, II.)
(α).
Conveniently, suitably, opportunely, fitly, aptly, appropriately:
magis commode quam strenue navigavi,
Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:
ille satis scite et commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
id. Fam. 11, 16, 1:
vos istic commodissime sperem esse,
id. ib. 14, 7, 2:
explorat, quo commodissime itinere valles transiri possit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 49 fin.:
hoc ego commodius quam tu vivo,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 110; cf.:
consumere vitiatum commodius quam integrum,
id. ib. 2, 2, 91; Quint. 6, 3, 54:
cui commodissime subjungitur,
id. 9, 3, 82; cf. id. 4, 1, 76.—
(β).
In a friendly manner, pleasantly, gently, kindly:
acceptae bene et commode eximus,
Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 1; id. Poen. 1, 2, 190; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 48.—
c.
(Equiv. to commodum, adv. b.) Just, just at the moment when, etc.; only v.l. in the doubtful passages cited supra, commodum, b. fin.
2.
Commŏdus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; so L. Aelius Aurelius Commodus, Roman emperor, Lampr. Commod. 1 sq.; Eutr. 8, 15 al.—Hence,
1.
Commŏdĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Commodus: horti, Lampr. Commod. 8:
thermae,
Spart. Nigid. 6 al. —
2.
Commŏ-dĭus, a, um, adj., the same:
Nonae,
Lampr. Commod. 12; cf. id. ib. 11.—
3.
Commŏ-dus, a, um, adj., the same: mensis, i. e. August, which Commodus wished to name after himself, Lampr. Commod. 11.

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12 commodus

1.
com-mŏdus, a, um, adj., that has a due or proper measure; hence,
I.
Object., complete, perfect, of full weight or measure, fit, suitable, due, proper, etc. (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose;
most freq. in Plaut.): statura,
a tall stature, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21:
capillus,
id. Most. 1, 3, 98:
viginti argenti minae,
full twenty, id. As. 3, 3, 134 (cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 144: minae bonae); id. Merc. 2, 3, 101:
talentum argenti,
id. Rud. 5, 2, 31; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 266, 27:
novem cyathis commodis miscentur pocula,
Hor. C. 3, 19, 12:
alimenta,
Dig. 34, 1, 16, § 1:
capitis valetudo commodior,
more firm, Cels. 8, 1; Quint. 6, 3, 77;
and transf. to the person: vivere filium atque etiam commodiorem esse,
to be better, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 4.—
II.
Subject., suitable, fit, convenient, opportune, commodious, easy, appropriate for some one or something, favorable, friendly to (in every period and species of composition); constr. with dat. or absol., rarely with ad (v. the foll.).
A.
Of things.
1.
With dat.
a.
Of the purpose or use:
curationi omnia commodiora,
Liv. 30, 19, 5:
nec pecori opportuna seges nec commoda Baccho,
Verg. G. 4, 129.—
b.
Of the person:
hoc et vobis et meae commodum famae arbitror,
Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 9:
quod erit mihi bonum et commodum,
id. Phorm. 1, 2, 81:
nulla lex satis commoda omnibus est (corresp. with prodesse),
Liv. 34, 3, 5:
primordia eloquentiae mortalibus,
Tac. Or. 12:
hanc sibi commodissimam belli rationem judicavit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 85:
quae sit stella homini commoda, quaeque mala,
Prop. 2 (3), 27, 4.—
2.
Absol.:
hiberna,
Liv. 42, 67, 8:
longius ceterum commodius iter,
id. 22, 2, 2; cf.:
commodissimus in Britanniam transjectus,
Caes. B. G. 5, 2:
commodius anni tempus,
Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; cf. Ter. And. 5, 2, 3:
faciliore ac commodiore judicio,
Cic. Caecin. 3, 8:
litterae satis commodae de Britannicis rebus,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 25:
mores,
id. Lael. 15, 54:
commodissimum esse statuit, omnes naves subduci, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 11.—
3.
With or without dat. pers. in the phrase commodum est, it pleases, is agreeable, = libet:
proinde ut commodum est,
Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 8; 3, 1, 2: dum erit commodum, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 38:
si id non commodum est,
id. Eun. 3, 2, 49; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33 Ascon.; 2, 2, 16, § 39; 2, 1, 26, § 65; 2, 3, 70, § 165; id. Div. 1, 49, 111; id. de Or. 3, 23, 87; Plin. Pan. 48, 1:
id si tibi erit commodum, cures velim,
Cic. Att. 13, 48, 2; Cels. 4, 4; 4, 22.—
4.
With ad and acc. of purpose (very rare):
nec satis ad cursus commoda vestis Erat,
Ov. F. 2, 288.—
5.
With sup. in u (rare):
hoc exornationis genus... commodum est auditu,
Auct. Her. 4, 18, 26.—
B.
Of persons, serving a neighbor or (more freq.) accommodating one ' s self to his wishes, useful, serviceable, pleasant, agreeable, obliging, neighborly, friendly, polite, affable, gentle, etc.:
mihi commodus uni,
Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 227:
quemquamne existimas Catone commodiorem, communiorem, moderatiorem fuisse ad omnem rationem humanitatis?
Cic. Mur. 31, 66:
commodior mitiorque,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 39:
Apronius, qui aliis inhumanus ac barbarus, isti uni commodus ac disertus,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:
convivae,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 2; cf.:
commodus comissator,
Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 8; and:
commodus meis sodalibus,
Hor. C. 4, 8, 1:
homines,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 28:
mulier commoda, Faceta,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10; cf. id. And. 5, 2, 3.—In a double sense with I. supra:
ubi tu commoda's, capillum commodum esse credito,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 98.— Poet., of the measure of iambic verse:
spondeos in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens,
sharing the paternal rights with them, in a fraternal manner, Hor. A. P. 257.—Hence,
III.
Subst.: commŏdum, i, n.
1.
A convenient opportunity, favorable condition, convenience (rare, but in good prose):
nostrum exspectare,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1:
cum tamdiu sedens meum commodum exspectet,
id. ib. 14, 2, 3;
12, 38, 1: velim aliquando, cum erit tuum commodum, Lentulum puerum visas,
when it shall be convenient for you, id. ib. 12, 28, 3.—More freq.,
b.
In the connection commodo meo, tuo, etc., per commodum, ex commodo, at, or according to my, thy, etc., convenience, conveniently, at one ' s leisure:
etiamsi spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo vacuosque dies habuissemus,
according to our convenience, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56:
quod commodo tuo fiat,
id. Fam. 4, 2, 4; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 13, 48, 1: suo commodo me convenire, Caes. ap. Cic. ib. 14, 1, 2:
ubi consul copias per commodum exponere posset,
Liv. 42, 18, 3:
tamquam lecturus ex commodo,
Sen. Ep. 46, 1; Col. 12, 19, 3;
so opp. festinanter,
id. 6, 2, 14.—
2.
Advantage, profit (very freq. in all periods and species of composition):
commodum est, quod plus usus habet quam molestiae: bonum sincerum debet esse et ab omni parte innoxium,
Sen. Ep. 87, 36 sq.:
ut malis gaudeant atque ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,
Ter. And. 4, 1, 4:
ut ex illius commodo meum compararem commodum,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17; cf. id. Hec. 5, 3, 42; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 23:
cui tam subito tot congruerint commoda,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:
(honestatem) ipsam suo splendore ad se animos ducere, nullo prorsus commodo extrinsecus posito, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Ac. 3, 7, 15 (IV. 2, p. 470 Orell.): sequi matris commodum,
Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:
pacis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 335:
contra valetudinis commodum laborare,
to the injury of health, id. Mur. 23, 47:
mea,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37:
in publica peccem,
id. ib. 2, 1, 3; cf.:
populi commoda,
Nep. Phoc. 4, 1.—
b.
Specif., a reward, pay, stipend, salary, wages for public service: veteranorum, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 3:
omnibus provincialibus ornamentis commodisque depositis,
emoluments, id. Red. in Sen. 14, 35; Suet. Ner. 32; cf.:
emeritae militiae,
id. Calig. 44; id. Aug. 49; cf. also id. Vit. 15; id. Galb. 12:
militibus commoda dare,
Ov. A. A. 1, 131 sq.:
tribunatus,
Cic. Fam. 7, 8, 1:
missionum,
Suet. Aug. 49.—
c.
A favor, privilege, immunity, Suet. Aug. 31; id. Claud. 19.—
d.
A useful thing, a good:
commoda vitae,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; Lucr. 3, 2; cf.:
cetera opinione bona sunt... proprietas in illis boni non est. Itaque commoda vocentur,
Sen. Ep. 74, 17:
inter commoda illas (divitias) numeratis: atqui eādem ratione ne commodum quidem erunt,
id. ib. 87, 29. —
e.
Sometimes commodo or per commodum, adverb. antith. to that which is [p. 382] injurious, without injury or detriment:
ut regem reducas, quod commodo rei publicae facere possis,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:
si per commodum reipublicae posset, Romam venisset,
Liv. 10, 25, 17.—
3.
Concr., = commodatum, that which is lent, a loan:
qui forum et basilicas commodis hospitum, non furtis nocentium ornarent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf. Isid. Orig. 5, 25, 16.—
B.
Advv.:
1.
commŏdum, adv. temp. (only in colloquial lang. and post-class. prose writers).
a.
At a fit time, just in time, at the very nick, at the very moment, opportunely, seasonably ( = opportune, eukairôs):
ecce autem commodum aperitur foris,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 61:
commodum adveni domum,
id. Am. 2, 2, 37:
orditur loqui,
id. Trin. 5, 2, 12:
ipse exit Lesbonicus,
id. ib. 2, 3, 9: eukairôs ad me venit, cum haberem Dolabellam, Torquatus... commodum egeram diligentissime, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1; Symm. Ep. 2, 47. —
b.
To designate a point of time that corresponds with another, or that just precedes it, just, just then, just now.
(α).
Absol.:
ad te hercle ibam commodum,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 3; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9:
Taurus, sectatoribus commodum dimissis, sedebat, etc.,
Gell. 2, 2, 2:
si istac ibis, commodum obviam venies patri,
just meet, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 107. —
(β).
With postquam or (more freq.) with cum in a parallel clause:
postquam me misisti ad portum cum luci simul, Commodum radiosus ecce sol superabat ex mari,
Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 41:
quom huc respicio ad virginem, Illa sese interea commodum huc advorterat,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 52:
commodum discesseras heri, cum Trebatius venit,
Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:
emerseram commodum ex Antiati in Appiam, cum in me incurrit Curio,
id. ib. 2, 12, 2 B. and K. (al. commode); so with the pluperf. and a foll. cum, id. ib. 13, 19, 1; 13, 30, 2; 10, 16, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 15:
adducitur a Veneriis Lollius commodum cum Apronius e palaestrā redisset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 B. and K. (Zumpt, commode):
cum jam filiae nostrae dies natalis appeteret, commodum aderant, quae muneri miseratis,
Symm. Ep. 3, 50. —
2.
commŏdŏ, adv. temp., = commodum, a., just in time, seasonably, just at this time (ante-class. and very rare): commodo eccum exit, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 177 P. (i. e. in tempore, Charis.): commodo de parte superiore descendebat, Sisenn. ib.: commodo dictitemus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 174; cf. id. ib. p. 177.—
3.
commŏdē, adv.
a.
(Acc. to commodus, I.) Duly, properly, completely, rightly, well, skilfully, neatly, etc. (class.):
suo quique loco viden' capillus satis compositu'st commode?
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97: commode amictus non sum, id. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 3:
saltare, Nep. praef. § 1: legere,
Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 3; cf. in comp., id. ib. 9, 34, 1:
multa breviter et commode dicta,
Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf. id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; id. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 20; 1, 2, 33 al.:
cogitare,
id. Heaut. prol. 14:
audire,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:
valere,
Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11:
feceris commode mihique gratum, si, etc.,
Cic. Att. 10, 3 fin.:
commode facere, quod, etc.,
id. ib. 11, 7, 7; in comp.:
commodius fecissent tribuni plebis, si, etc.,
id. Agr. 3, 1, 1.—In medic.:
commode facere,
to do well, be beneficial, Cels. 4, 12.—
b.
(Acc. to commodus, II.)
(α).
Conveniently, suitably, opportunely, fitly, aptly, appropriately:
magis commode quam strenue navigavi,
Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:
ille satis scite et commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
id. Fam. 11, 16, 1:
vos istic commodissime sperem esse,
id. ib. 14, 7, 2:
explorat, quo commodissime itinere valles transiri possit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 49 fin.:
hoc ego commodius quam tu vivo,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 110; cf.:
consumere vitiatum commodius quam integrum,
id. ib. 2, 2, 91; Quint. 6, 3, 54:
cui commodissime subjungitur,
id. 9, 3, 82; cf. id. 4, 1, 76.—
(β).
In a friendly manner, pleasantly, gently, kindly:
acceptae bene et commode eximus,
Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 1; id. Poen. 1, 2, 190; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 48.—
c.
(Equiv. to commodum, adv. b.) Just, just at the moment when, etc.; only v.l. in the doubtful passages cited supra, commodum, b. fin.
2.
Commŏdus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; so L. Aelius Aurelius Commodus, Roman emperor, Lampr. Commod. 1 sq.; Eutr. 8, 15 al.—Hence,
1.
Commŏdĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Commodus: horti, Lampr. Commod. 8:
thermae,
Spart. Nigid. 6 al. —
2.
Commŏ-dĭus, a, um, adj., the same:
Nonae,
Lampr. Commod. 12; cf. id. ib. 11.—
3.
Commŏ-dus, a, um, adj., the same: mensis, i. e. August, which Commodus wished to name after himself, Lampr. Commod. 11.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > commodus
13 conmendo

com-mendo ( conm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. mando], to commit to one for preservation, protection, etc., to intrust to one ' s charge, commit to one ' s care, commend to.
I.
Prop.
A.
Lit., implying a physical delivery, to deposit with, intrust to; constr. aliquem or aliquid alicui, or absol.:
commendare nihil aliud est quam deponere,
Dig. 50, 16, 186:
Oratorem meum—sic enim inscripsi— Sabino tuo commendavi,
Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 1:
sacrum sacrove commendatum qui clepsit rapsitve parricida esto,
id. Leg. 2, 9, 22; 2, 16, 40:
nummos alicui,
Dig. 16, 3, 24:
corpus alicui loco,
Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 4:
CORPORA SARCOPHAGO,
Inscr. Orell. 4370.— Poet.:
semina sulcis,
Sil. 15, 541.—With apud or ad and acc. (rare and post-class.): Demetrius duos filios apud Gnidium hospitem suum cum magno auri pondere commendaverat, [p. 377] Just. 35, 2, 1:
cujus beneficio ad sororem Medeam est commendatus,
Hyg. Fab. 3.—
B.
Trop.:
ego me tuae commendo et committo fidei,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 47 (cf.:
bona nostra haec tibi permitto et tuae mando fide,
id. And. 1, 5, 61); so,
commendare se patri in clientelam et fidem,
id. Eun. 5, 8, 9; 3, 5, 29:
tibi ejus omnia negotia, libertos, procuratores, familiam,
Cic. Fam. 1, 3, 2:
vos sum testatus, vobis me ac meos commendavi,
id. Dom. 57, 145:
totum me tuo amori fideique,
id. Att. 3, 20, 2:
tibi suos testamento liberos,
id. Fin. 3, 2, 9:
simul atque natum sit animal, ipsum sibi conciliari et commendari ad se conservandum,
id. ib. 3, 5, 16; * Cat. 15, 1; Ov. M. 6, 495:
aliquem diis,
Tac. A. 4, 17; cf. id. ib. 15, 23:
rempublicam patribus,
id. H. 1, 90; Suet. Aug. 56.— Trop.: aliquid litteris, to commit to writing, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 2:
historiam immortalitati,
Cic. de Or. 2, 9, 36:
nomen tuum immortalitati,
id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; cf.:
nomen suum posteritati,
Curt. 9, 3, 5:
eum sempiternae gloriae,
Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 6: se fugae, Auct. B. Afr. 34.—
2.
Esp., of the dying, to commend children, parents, etc., to the care of others:
is, qui morti addictus esset, paucos sibi dies commendandorum suorum causā postulavisset,
Cic. Off. 3, 10, 46:
hi de suā salute desperantes... parentes suos commendabant, si quos ex eo periculo fortuna servare potuisset,
Caes. B. C. 2, 41:
ille tibi moriens nos commendavit senex,
Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 11; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 73:
tibi suos testamento liberos,
Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9.—
II.
In gen., to commend or recommend, i. e. to procure favor for, to make agreeable, to set off with advantage, to grace (class.):
principes undique convenire et se civitatesque suas Caesari commendare coeperunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 27 fin.;
Auct. B. G. 8, 50: P. Rutilii adulescentiam ad opinionem et conscientiae et juris scientiae P. Mucii commendavit domus,
Cic. Off. 2, 13, 47:
(vox) quae una maxime eloquentiam vel commendat vel sustinet,
id. de Or. 1, 59, 252; cf.:
nullā re unā magis oratorem commendari quam verborum splendore et copiā,
id. Brut. 59, 216; id. Att. 13, 19, 2; Quint. 6, 1, 21:
adfectus nemo historicorum commendavit magis,
id. 10, 1, 101:
quod me Lucanae commendet amicae,
Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 21:
marmora commendantur maculis aut coloribus,
Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 49:
compluresque tribuni militum ad Caesarem veniunt seque ei commendant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 74:
hoc idcirco commemoratum a te puto, uti te infimo ordini commendares,
Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3:
se civibus impiis,
id. ib. 5, 1, 3:
cum se numeris commendat et arte,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 261:
se tonsā cute,
id. ib. 1, 18, 7:
his factis abunde se posteritati commendasset,
Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 2.—Hence, commendātus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Commended, recommended to:
quae res gloriosior? quae commendatior erit memoriae hominum sempiternae?
Cic. Phil. 2, 13, 32; id. Balb. 18, 43:
ceteris rebus habeas eos a me commendatissimos,
id. Fam. 12, 26, 2; 2, 8, 3; 13, 10, 2; 13, 64, 1.—
B.
Agreeable, approved, distinguished, valued:
vultus commendatior,
Petr. 110, 5:
calami,
Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161:
fama commendatior,
id. 25, 10, 81, § 130.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conmendo
14 decedo

dē-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 ( inf. sync. decesse, Ter. Heaut. prol. 32; Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; Neue Formenl. 2, 536. The part. perf. decessus perh. only Rutil. Nam. 1, 313), v. n., to go away, depart, withdraw. (For syn. cf.: linquo, relinquo, desero, destituo, deficio, discedo, excedo. Often opp. to accedo, maneo; freq. and class.)—Constr. absol. with de, ex, or merely the abl.; rarely with ab.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
decedamus,
Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 74:
de altera parte (agri) decedere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 10:
decedit ex Gallia Romam Naevius,
Cic. Quint. 4, 16:
e pastu,
Verg. G. 1, 381; cf.:
e pastu decedere campis,
id. ib. 4, 186:
ex aequore domum,
id. ib. 2, 205;
Italiā,
Sall. J. 28, 2:
Numidiā,
id. ib. 38, 9:
Africā,
id. ib. 20, 1;
23, 1: pugnā,
Liv. 34, 47:
praesidio,
id. 4, 29 (cf.:
de praesidio,
Cic. de Sen. 20, 73):
quae naves paullulum suo cursu decesserint,
i. e. had gone out of their course, Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3; so,
cum luminibus exstinctis decessisset viā,
had gone out of the way, Suet. Caes. 31:
pantherae constituisse dicuntur in Cariam ex nostra provincia decedere,
Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 2.
B.
Esp.
1.
t. t.
a.
In milit. lang., to retire, withdraw from a former position:
qui nisi decedat atque exercitum deducat ex his regionibus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 19;
so,
absol., id. ib. 1, 44 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:
de colle,
Caes. B. C. 1, 71, 3:
de vallo,
id. B. G. 5, 43, 4:
inde,
id. B. C. 1, 71 fin.:
loco superiore,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 9; so with abl., Auct. B. Alex. 34; 35 (twice); 70 al.—
b.
In official lang.: de provincia, ex provincia, provinciā, or absol. (cf. Cic. Planc. 26, 65), to retire from the province on the expiration of a term of office:
de provincia decessit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20;
so,
id. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Fam. 2, 15 (twice); Liv. 29, 19 Drak.:
decedens ex Syria,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61; so,
e Cilicia,
id. Brut. 1:
ex Africa,
Nep. Cato, 1, 4:
ex Asia,
id. Att. 4, 1:
ex ea provincia,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1 Zumpt N. cr.:
ut decedens Considius provinciā,
Cic. Lig. 1, 2; Liv. 39, 3; 41, 10:
te antea, quam tibi successum esset, decessurum fuisse,
Cic. Fam. 3, 6; so absol., id. Planc. 26, 65 al.:
Albinus Romam decessit,
Sall. J. 36 fin.; cf.:
Romam ad triumphum,
Liv. 8, 13; 9, 16. —Rarely with a:
cui cum respondissem, me a provincia decedere: etiam mehercule, inquit, ut opinor, ex Africa,
Cic. Planc. 26 fin.
2.
Decedere de viā; also viā, in viā alicui, alicui, or absol., to get out of the way, to give place, make way for one (as a mark of respect or of abhorrence):
concedite atque abscedite omnes: de via decedite,
Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 1; cf.:
decedam ego illi de via, de semita,
id. Trin. 2, 4, 80 (Cic. Clu. 59. [p. 517] 163; cf. II. B infra); cf.:
qui fecit servo currenti in viā decesse populum,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 32:
censorem L. Plancum via sibi decedere aedilis coegit,
Suet. Ner. 4; cf. id. Tib. 31:
sanctis divis, Catul. 62, 268: nocti,
Verg. Ec. 8, 88:
peritis,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 216 (cf.:
cedere nocti,
Liv. 3, 60, 7).—Also, to get out of the way of, avoid:
decedere canibus de via,
Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67; cf.:
hi numero impiorum habentur, his omnes decedunt, aditum defugiunt, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 7.—By zeugma, in the pass.:
salutari, appeti, decedi, assurgi, deduci, reduci, etc.,
Cic. de Sen. 18, 63.
3.
Pregn., to depart, disappear (cf.: cedo, concedo).
a.
Of living beings, to decease, to die:
si eos, qui jam de vita decesserunt,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 11:
vitā,
Dig. 7, 1, 57, § 1; Vulg. 2 Mac. 6, 31; but commonly absol.:
pater nobis decessit a. d. VIII. Kal. Dec.,
id. Att. 1, 6:
cum paterfamiliae decessit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 19, 3; Nep. Arist. 3, 2, and 3; id. Cim. 1; id. Ages. 8, 6; Liv. 1, 34; 9, 17; Quint. 3, 6, 96 et saep.:
cruditate contracta,
id. 7, 3, 33:
morbo aquae intercutis,
Suet. Ner. 5 fin.:
paralysi,
id. Vit. 3:
ex ingratorum hominum conspectu morte decedere,
Nep. Timol. 1, 6.—
b.
Of inanimate things, to depart, go off; to abate, subside, cease:
corpore febres,
Lucr. 2, 34:
febres,
Nep. Att. 22, 3; Cels. 3, 3; cf.:
quartana,
Cic. Att. 7, 2 (opp. accedere):
decessisse inde aquam,
run off, fallen, Liv. 30, 38 fin.; cf.:
decedere aestum,
id. 26, 45; 9, 26 al.:
de summa nihil decedet,
to be wanting, to fail, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 30; Cic. Clu. 60, 167; cf.:
quicquid libertati plebis caveretur, id suis decedere opibus credebant,
Liv. 3, 55:
decedet jam ira haec, etsi merito iratus est,
Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 55 (for which ib. 5, 2, 15: cito ab eo haec ira abscedet):
postquam invidia decesserat,
Sall. J. 88, 1; Liv. 33, 31 fin.; Tac. A. 15, 16 al.:
priusquam ea cura decederet patribus,
Liv. 9, 29; so with dat., id. 2, 31; 23, 26; Tac. A. 15, 20; 44.— Poet.:
incipit et longo Scyros decedere ponto,
i. e. seems to flee before them, Stat. Ach. 2, 308.—In the Aug. poets sometimes of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set:
et sol crescentes decedens duplicat umbras,
Verg. E. 2, 67; so id. G. 1, 222; Ov. M. 4, 91; hence also of the day, to depart:
te veniente die, te decedente canebat,
Verg. G. 4, 466;
also of the moon,
to wane, Gell. 20, 8, 7.
II.
Trop.
A.
De possessione, jure, sententia, fide, etc. (and since the Aug. per. with abl. alone;
the reading ex jure suo,
Liv. 3, 33, 10, is very doubtful), to depart from; to give up, resign, forego; to yield, to swerve from one's possession, station, duty, right, opinion, faith, etc.
(α).
With de:
cogere aliquem de suis bonis decedere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17 fin.; cf.:
de hypothecis,
id. Fam. 13, 56, 2;
and de possessione,
id. Agr. 2, 26;
de suo jure,
id. Rosc. Am. 27; id. Att. 16, 2:
qui de civitate decedere quam de sententia maluit,
id. Balb. 5:
de officio ac dignitate,
id. Verr. 1, 10:
de foro decedere,
to retire from public life, Nep. Att. 10, 2:
de scena,
to retire from the stage, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; cf. impers.:
de officio decessum,
Liv. 8, 25 fin. —
(β).
With abl. alone (so usually in Liv.):
jure suo,
Liv. 3, 33 fin.:
sententiā,
Tac. A. 14, 49:
instituto vestro,
Liv. 37, 54:
officio (opp. in fide atque officio pristino fore),
id. 27, 10; 36, 22:
fide,
id. 31, 5 fin.; 34, 11; 45, 19 al.:
poema... si paulum summo decessit, vergit ad imum,
Hor. A. P. 378.—
(γ).
Very rarely with ab:
cum (senatus) nihil a superioribus continuorum annorum decretis decesserit,
Cic. Fl. 12.—
(δ).
Absol.: si quos equites decedentis nactus sum, supplicio adfeci, Asin. Pol. ap. C. Fam. 10, 32, 5.
B.
De via, to depart, deviate from the right way:
se nulla cupiditate inductum de via decessisse,
Cic. Cael. 16, 38:
moleste ferre se de via decessisse,
id. Clu. 59, 163; so,
viā dicendi,
Quint. 4, 5, 3.
C.
(acc. to no. I. B. 2) To give way, yield to another (i. e. to his will or superior advantages—very rare):
vivere si recte nescis, decede peritis,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 213:
ubi non Hymetto Mella decedunt,
are not inferior, id. Od. 2, 6, 15.
D.
( poet.) To avoid, shun, escape from (cf. I. B. 2 supra): nec serae meminit decedere nocti, to avoid the late night, i. e. the coldness of night, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2, 20; Verg. Ecl. 8, 88; id. G. 3, 467:
calori,
id. ib. 4, 23.
E.
To fall short of, degenerate from:
de generis nobilitate,
Pall. 3, 25, 2: a rebus gestis ejus et gloriae splendore, Justin. 6, 3, 8.
* III.
For the simple verb (v. cedo, no. I. 2), to go off, turn out, result in any manner:
prospere decedentibus rebus,
Suet. Caes. 24.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > decedo
15 frequentia

frĕquentĭa, ae, f. [frequens, II.], an assembling in great numbers, a numerous attendance, concourse; and more freq. concr., a numerous assembly, multitude, crowd, throng (class.; a favorite expression of Cicero).
(α).
With gen.:
testis est hujusce Q. Mucii janua et vestibulum, quod maxima cottidie frequentia civium ac summorum hominum splendore celebratur,
Cic. de Or. 1, 45 fin.:
quotidiana amicorum assiduitas et frequentia,
Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 1, 3:
summa hominum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189; so,
hominum,
id. Lael. 23, 87:
negotiatorum,
Sall. J. 47, 2:
auditorum,
Quint. 10, 7, 16:
scholarum,
id. 1, 2, 1:
vulgi,
Nep. Att. 22:
epistolarum,
Cic. Att. 4, 16, 1:
magna sepulcrorum,
id. Tusc. 5, 23, 65:
geniculorum,
Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113:
caeli,
i. e. the density of the air, Vitr. 9, 9:
Thucydides ita creber est rerum frequentiā, ut verborum prope numerum sententiarum numero consequatur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56:
communium,
id. Part. Or. 12, 41.—
(β).
Absol.:
domum reduci e campo cum maxima frequentia ac multitudine,
Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 18:
frequentia et plausus,
id. Att. 4, 1, 5:
non usitata frequentia stipati sumus,
id. Mil. 1, 1:
efferri magna frequentia,
id. Fl. 17, 41:
solidam et robustam et assiduam frequentiam praebere,
id. Planc. 8 fin.:
frequentiam atque officium suum alicui praestare,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 50, 3:
qua ex frequentia (preceded by magna multitudo),
Caes. B. C. 3, 19, 5.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > frequentia
16 gratiosus

grātĭōsus, a, um, adj. [gratia], full of favor.
I.
Enjoying favor, in favor, popular, regarded, beloved, agreeable, etc. (class.;
a favorite expression with Cicero, and used mostly of persons): ego Plancium et ipsum gratiosum esse dico et habuisse in petitione multos cupidos sui gratiosos, etc.,
Cic. Planc. 19, 46:
homini honesto, sed non gratiosiori quam Cn. Calidius est,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 44:
cum adversario gratiosissimo contendat,
id. Quint. 1, 2:
homines potentes, gratiosi, diserti,
id. Cael. 9, 21; cf.:
splendidi homines et aliis praetoribus gratiosi,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 37:
Pythius, qui esset ut argentarius apud omnes ordines gratiosus,
id. Off. 3, 14, 58; cf. id. Planc. 18, 44; id. Att. 15, 4, 3:
ut ego doceo gratiosum esse in sua tribu Plancium,
id. Planc. 19, 47; cf.:
sunt quidam homines in suis vicinitatibus et municipiis gratiosi,
Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 6, 24:
is cum et suo splendore et nostra commendatione gratiosissimus in provincia fuit,
Cic. Fam. 1, 3.—Of things:
vidi et cognovi, causas apud te rogantium gratiosiores esse quam vultus,
id. Lig. 11, 31:
gratiosa missio,
through favor, Liv. 43, 14, 9:
sententia,
Dig. 3, 6, 5; cf.:
Berytensis colonia Augusti beneficiis gratiosa,
favored, ib. 50, 15, 1:
cupressus odore violenta ac ne umbra quidem gratiosa, materie rara,
Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139.—
II.
That shows favor, obliging, complaisant (very rare):
gratiosi scribae sint in dando et cedendo loco,
Cic. Brut. 84, 290.—Hence, adv.: grātĭōse, out of favor, graciously (postclass. and very rare):
neque sordide neque gratiose,
Dig. 26, 7, 7, § 2.— Comp.:
gratiosius,
Pseudo Ascon. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 11.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > gratiosus
17 laev

1.
lĕvĭtas, ātis, f. [1. levis], lightness, as to weight.
I.
Lit. (rare):
plumarum,
Lucr. 3, 387; id. 4, 745:
armorum,
Caes. B. G. 5, 34:
nulli fruticum levitas major,
Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.—
* B.
Transf., poet., movableness, mobility:
Termine, post illud levitas tibi libera non est: Qua positus fueris in statione, mane,
Ov. F. 2, 673.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Light-mindedness, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, levity (freq. and class.):
quid est inconstantiā, mobilitate, levitate turpius?
Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9:
temere assentientium,
id. Ac. 2, 38, 120:
in populari ratione,
id. Brut. 27, 103:
mobilitas et levitas animi,
Caes. B. G. 2, 1:
ut adversas res, sic secundas immoderate ferre, levitatis est,
lightness of mind, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:
amatoriis levitatibus dediti,
frivolities, id. Fin. 1, 18, 62:
manet in rebus temere congestis levitas,
Quint. 10, 3, 17:
contemnamus igitur omnis ineptias—quod enim lenius huic levitati nomen inponam,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 95.—
B.
In partic., of speech, shallowness, superficialness (rare):
opinionis,
Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 45.
2.
lēvĭtas ( laev-), ātis, f. [2. lēvis], smoothness.
I.
Lit. (class.):
speculorum,
Cic. Univ. 14; id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Univ. 6; Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7:
intestinorum,
slipperiness, lubricity, Cels. 4, 16; 2, 8.—
II.
Trop., of speech, smoothness, fluency, facility:
Demosthenes nihil levitate Aeschini et splendore verborum cedit,
Cic. Or. 31, 110:
verborum,
Quint. 10, 1, 52:
effeminata,
id. 8, 3, 6.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > laev
18 levitas

1.
lĕvĭtas, ātis, f. [1. levis], lightness, as to weight.
I.
Lit. (rare):
plumarum,
Lucr. 3, 387; id. 4, 745:
armorum,
Caes. B. G. 5, 34:
nulli fruticum levitas major,
Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.—
* B.
Transf., poet., movableness, mobility:
Termine, post illud levitas tibi libera non est: Qua positus fueris in statione, mane,
Ov. F. 2, 673.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Light-mindedness, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, levity (freq. and class.):
quid est inconstantiā, mobilitate, levitate turpius?
Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 9:
temere assentientium,
id. Ac. 2, 38, 120:
in populari ratione,
id. Brut. 27, 103:
mobilitas et levitas animi,
Caes. B. G. 2, 1:
ut adversas res, sic secundas immoderate ferre, levitatis est,
lightness of mind, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:
amatoriis levitatibus dediti,
frivolities, id. Fin. 1, 18, 62:
manet in rebus temere congestis levitas,
Quint. 10, 3, 17:
contemnamus igitur omnis ineptias—quod enim lenius huic levitati nomen inponam,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 95.—
B.
In partic., of speech, shallowness, superficialness (rare):
opinionis,
Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 45.
2.
lēvĭtas ( laev-), ātis, f. [2. lēvis], smoothness.
I.
Lit. (class.):
speculorum,
Cic. Univ. 14; id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Univ. 6; Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7:
intestinorum,
slipperiness, lubricity, Cels. 4, 16; 2, 8.—
II.
Trop., of speech, smoothness, fluency, facility:
Demosthenes nihil levitate Aeschini et splendore verborum cedit,
Cic. Or. 31, 110:
verborum,
Quint. 10, 1, 52:
effeminata,
id. 8, 3, 6.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > levitas
19 permisceo

per-misceo, scŭi, stum, and xtum, 2, v. a., to mix or mingle together; to commingle, intermingle.
I.
Lit.:
naturam cum materiā,
Cic. Univ. 7:
permixti cum suis fugientibus,
Caes. B. G. 7, 62:
permixtum senatui populi concilium,
Liv. 21, 14:
equites turbae hostium,
id. 39, 51:
fructus acerbitate permixti,
Cic. Planc. 38, 92; Plin. 28, 17, 67, § 231:
generique cruorem Sanguine cum soceri permiscuit impius ensis,
Ov. M. 14, 801:
omnes in oratione esse quasi permixtos et confusos pedes,
Cic. Or. 57, 195:
(gagates lapis) medetur strumis cerae permixtus,
Plin. 36, 19, 34, § 142:
corpora viva permista sepultis,
Luc. 2, 152:
alicui totum ensem,
to plunge his whole sword into his body, Sil. 10, 259.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to mix or mingle together; to commingle, intermingle:
ne tuas sordes cum clarissimorum virorum splendore permisceas,
Cic. Vatin. 5, 13:
tristia laetis,
Sil. 13, 385:
geminas e sanguine matris permistura domos,
Luc. 2, 333:
acerbitas morum ne vino quidem permista,
Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 26.—Of language:
quibus (intervallis longis et brevibus) implicata atque permixta oratio,
Cic. Or. 56, 187.—
B.
In partic., to confound, disturb, throw into confusion, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123:
omnia,
id. Planc. 17, 41; cf.:
omnia divina humanaque jura permiscentur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.:
domum,
Verg. A. 7, 348; Sall. J. 5, 2:
Graeciam,
Cic. Or. 9, 20:
omnia gravi timore,
Flor. 1, 18, 12.—Hence, permixtus, a, um (perh. not permistus in class. Lat.), P. a.
A.
Promiscuous, confused:
permixta caedes,
Lucr. 3, 643; 5, 1313:
mores,
disordered, disorderly, id. 3, 749.—
B.
Filled:
permixtus maerore,
App. M. 9, p. 235 fin.—Adv.: per-mixtē, confusedly, promiscuously, Cic. Inv. 1, 22, 32; id. Part. 7, 24.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > permisceo
20 praefulgeo

prae-fulgĕo, si, 2, v. n., to beam or shine forth, to shine greatly, to glitter before or in front of (rare before the Aug. per.).
I.
Lit.:
nitor smaragdi collo praefulget tuo (sc. pavonis),
Phaedr. 3, 18, 7:
equus praefulgens unguibus aureis,
Verg. A. 8, 553:
equitatus phaleris praefulgens,
Gell. 5, 5, 3.—
II.
Trop.: ne splendore praefulgeant, shine or glitter too much, Auct. Her. 3, 19, 32:
militarium (rerum) praefulgent nomina,
Vell. 1, 14, 1:
praefulgebant Cassius atque Brutus,
Tac. A. 3, 76:
Poppaeus Sabinus consulari decore praefulgens,
id. ib. 13, 45:
enituit et praefulsit decori et honesti dignitas,
Gell. 12, 5, 7.

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