stipendium+militibus+c

fors, fortis, f. [fero, to bring, whence fortuna, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 300 sq.], chance, hap, luck, hazard.

Subst.

As an appellative noun (used only in the nom. and abl.; syn.: fortuna, casus, sors): quo saxum impulerit fors, eo cadere Fortunam autumant, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 368 Rib., who regards this verse as spurious); cf.: quibus natura prava magis quam fors aut fortuna obfuit, Att. ap. Non. 425, 13 (Trag. Rel. ed. Rib. v. 110): cui parilem fortuna locum fatumque tulit fors, Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 15; cf.

also: casumque timent quem cuique ferat fors,

Lucr. 3, 983 Lachm. N. cr.:

unum hoc scio: Quod fors feret, feremus aequo animo,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 88:

sed haec, ut fors tulerit,

Cic. Att. 7, 14 fin.:

sed haec fors viderit,

id. ib. 14, 13, 3;

4, 10, 1: quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 2:

quia tam incommode illis fors obtulerat adventum meum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 10:

telum quod cuique fors offerebat, arripuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43; Hor. S. 1, 6, 54; 2, 1, 59:

forte quadam divinitus super ripas Tiberis effusus lenibus stagnis,

Liv. 1, 4, 4:

fors fuit, ut, etc.,

it happened that, Gell. 12, 8, 2:

fors fuat pol!

so be it! God grant it! Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 4;

post-class.: fors fuat, ut his remediis convalescamus,

Symm. Ep. 2, 7; Aus. Ep. 16: fors fuat, an, etc., it might so happen that; perchance, i. q. forsitan, Symm. Ep. 1, 39; 4, 28 and 29; cf.

also: pretio fors fuat officiove, etc.,

perhaps, Sid. Ep. 9, 7 (but not in Lucr. 1, 486, v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—

Personified, Fors, the goddess of chance:

dea Fors,

Ov. F. 6, 775; also in the connection Fors Fortuna, whose temple was situated on the Tiber, outside of the city: vosne velit an me regnare, era quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur, Enn. ap. Cic. de Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 203 ed. Vahl.); so,

sit sane Fors domina campi,

Cic. Pis. 2, 3:

fors, in quo incerti casus significantur magis (different from Fortuna),

id. Leg. 2, 11 fin. Mos. N. cr.:

sed de illa ambulatione Fors viderit, aut si qui est qui curet deus,

id. Att. 4, 10, 1:

saeva,

Cat. 64, 170:

dies Fortis Fortunae appellatus ab Servio Tullio rege, quod is fanum Fortis Fortunae secundum Tiberim extra urbem Romam dedicavit Junio mense,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 17 Müll.; cf.;

aedis Fortis Fortunae,

Liv. 10, 46, 14; Tac. A. 2, 41:

Fortunae Fortis honores,

Ov. F. 6, 773:

o Fortuna! o Fors Fortuna! quantis commoditatibus hunc onerastis diem!

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1 (quoted by Varr. ap. Non. 425, 19; for Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18, v. II. B. 1. infra).

Adverb., in the nom. and abl.

fors, ellipt., for fors sit, it might happen, i. e. perchance, perhaps, peradventure (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

similiter fors, cum sit nominativus, accipitur pro adverbio,

Prisc. p. 1015 P.:

et fors aequatis cepissent praemia rostris, Ni, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 232; 6, 535:

cesserit Ausonio si fors victoria Turno,

if perchance, id. ib. 12, 183; Val. Fl. 3, 665; Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 2.—Esp. in the connection fors et, i. q. fortasse etiam, perhaps too:

iste quod est, ego saepe fui, sed fors et in hora Hoc ipso ejecto carior alter erit,

Prop. 2, 9, 1:

et nunc ille quidem spe multum captus inani, Fors et vota facit cumulatque altaria donis,

Verg. A. 11, 50; 2, 139:

fors et Debita jura vicesque superbae Te maneant ipsum,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Stat. S. 3, 4, 4.—Less freq.:

fors etiam,

Val. Fl. 4, 620.—

forte, by chance, by accident, casually, accidentally; freq. with casu, temere, fortuna (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

quid est tandem, quod casu fieri aut forte fortuna putemus? etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18:

forte fortuna per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 75: aut forte omnino ac fortuna vincere bello: Si forte et temere omnino, quid cursum ad honorem? Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 16 sq.:

si forte, temere, casu aut pleraque fierent aut omnia, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 3, 6; cf.:

nisi ista casu nonnumquam, forte, temere concurrerent,

id. Div. 2, 68, 141:

quam saepe forte temere Eveniunt, quae non audeas optare,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 30; cf. Liv. 41, 2, 7:

nec quicquam raptim aut forte temere egeritis,

id. 23, 3, 3: perpulere, ut forte temere in adversos montes erigeret, 2, 31, 5; 25, 38, 12;

39, 15, 11: quibus forte temere humana negotia volvi persuasum est,

Curt. 5, 11, 10:

captivi quidam pars forte pars consilio oblati,

Liv. 9, 31, 7:

dumque hoc vel forte, vel providentia, vel utcumque constitutum rerum naturae corpus, etc.,

Vell. 2, 66, 5; cf.:

mihi haec et talia audienti in incerto judicium est, fatone res mortalium et necessitate immutabili, an forte volvantur,

Tac. A, 6, 22: [p. 771] si adhuc dubium fuisset, forte casuque rectores terris, an aliquo numine darentur, Plin. Pan. 1, 4:

seu dolo seu forte surrexerit, parum compertum,

Tac. H. 2, 42; cf.:

seu forte seu tentandi causa,

Suet. Aug. 6:

donec advertit Tiberius forte an quia audiverat,

Tac. A. 4, 54:

cum casu diebus iis itineris faciendi causa, Puteolos forte venissem,

Cic. Planc. 26, 65:

cum cenatum forte apud Vitellios esset,

Liv. 2, 4, 5:

ibi cum stipendium forte militibus daretur,

id. 2, 12, 6:

forte aspicio militem,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 58; cf.:

fit forte obviam mihi Phormio,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 11:

rus ut ibat forte,

id. ib. 63:

forte ut assedi in stega,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 44:

lucernam forte oblitus fueram exstinguere,

id. Most. 2, 2, 56:

forte evenit, ut, etc.,

Cic. Clu. 51, 141; id. de Or. 2, 55, 224; Liv. 1, 7, 13:

Tarenti ludi forte erant,

Plaut. Men. prol. 29:

erat forte brumae tempus,

Liv. 21, 54, 7:

et pernox forte luna erat,

id. 32, 11, 9:

per eos forte dies consul copias Larisam ducere tribunos militum jussit,

i. e. it came to pass on one of those days, id. 36, 14, 1:

per eosdem forte dies, etc.,

id. 37, 20, 1; 37, 34, 1; cf. Tac. A. 4, 59:

in locum tribuni plebis forte demortui candidatum se ostendit,

Suet. Aug. 10. —So nearly = aliquando (mostly poet. and post - Aug.):

forte per angustam tenuis vulpecula rimam repserat in cumeram frumenti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29:

ibam forte via sacra,

id. S. 1, 9, 1; Mart. 1, 54, 7:

forte quondam in disponendo mane die praedixerat, etc.,

Suet. Tib. 11; Aur. Vict. de Caes. 17, 5.—

Transf., to denote uncertainty, corresp. to the Gr. an, perhaps, perchance, peradventure.

In conditional and causal sentences.

With si:

irae si quae forte eveniunt hujusmodi,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 60:

si quis vestrum, judices, aut eorum qui assunt, forte miratur, etc.,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1:

hicine vir usquam, nisi in patria, morietur? aut, si forte, pro patria?

id. Mil. 38, 104:

si forte est domi,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; cf. id. Poen. 5, 2, 104; Liv. 1, 7, 6:

si forte eos primus aspectus mundi conturbaverat, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90:

si te Latina forte deficient,

id. Ac. 1, 7, 25:

si qui me forte locus admonuerit,

id. de Or. 3, 12, 47:

si quae te forte res aliquando offenderit,

id. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

quod si forte ceciderint,

id. Lael. 15, 53:

si quando, si forte, tibi visus es irasci alicui,

id. Rep. 1, 38 Mos. N. cr.; cf. id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—Rarely forte si:

forte si tussire occepsit, ne sic tussiat, ut, etc.,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 49:

ita demum novatio fit... forte si condicio vel sponsor vel dies adiciatur,

Gai. Inst. 3, 177.—Rarely with ellipsis of si:

protinus Aeneas celeri certare sagitta invitat qui forte velint, i. e. si qui forte velint,

Verg. A, 5, 485.—

With nisi ironically:

hoc te monitum, nisi forte ipse non vis, volueram,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 59:

nemo fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit,

Cic. Mur. 6, 13:

propensior benignitas esse debebit in calamitosos, nisi forte erunt digni calamitate,

id. Off. 2, 18, 62; 3, 24, 93: is constantiam teneat;

nisi forte se intellexerit errasse, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 33, 120:

negare hoc, nisi forte negare omnia constituisti, nullo modo potes,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149: accedam ad omnia tua, Torquate;

nisi memoria forte defecerit,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 44.—In indirect locution with an inf.:

nisi forte clarissimo cuique plures curas, majora pericula subeunda, delenimentis curarum et periculorum carendum esse,

Tac. A. 2, 33.— Ironically, unless indeed, unless to be sure:

Erucii criminatio tota, ut arbitror, dissoluta est, nisi forte exspectatis, ut illa diluam, quae, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82; cf.:

immo vero te audiamus, nisi forte Manilius interdictum aliquod inter duo soles putat esse componendum,

id. Rep. 1, 13:

ortum quidem amicitiae videtis nisi quid ad haec forte vultis,

id. Lael. 9, 32; id. Mil. 7, 17; 31, 84; id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149; id. Leg. 1, 1, 2; id. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Fat. 16, 37; Sall. C. 20, 17; Quint. 10, 1, 70; Tac. H. 4, 74.—

With ne:

ne quid animae forte amittat dormiens,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 24 and 26; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 56:

pacem ab Aesculapio Petas, ne forte tibi eveniat magnum malum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 21:

qui metuo, ne te forte flagitent,

Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1:

metuens, ne forte deprehensus retraheretur,

Liv. 2, 12, 4:

comperisse me non audeo dicere, ne forte id ipsum verbum ponam, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4: ac ne forte hoc magnum ac mirabile esse videatur, hominem toties irasci, id. de Or. 2, 46, 191; id. Att. 2, 18, 2.—Rarely with ut non instead of ne, Quint. 1, 3, 1.—

In relat. clauses (very rare):

nisi si quispiamst Amphitruo alius, qui forte te hic absente tamen tuam rem curet,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 195:

unus in hoc non est populo, qui forte Latine reddere verba queat,

Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 53:

nam qui forte Stichum et Erotem emerit, recte videtur ita demonstrare,

Gai. Inst. 4, 59; Aur. Vict. Caes. 10, 3; 39, 45.—

In gen. (rare; not in Cic., for in Off. 2, 20, 70, the true read. is: in uno illo aut, si forte, in liberis ejus manet gratia, B. and K.;

and in the corrupt passage,

id. Att. 10, 12, 5; Orelli reads: fortiter ac tempestive;

Kayser, fortiter vel cum tempestate): quid si apud te veniat de subito prandium aut potatio Forte, aut cena,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 47:

neque solum alium pro alio pedem metrorum ratio non recipit, sed ne dactylum quidem aut forte spondeum alterum pro altero,

Quint. 9, 4, 49:

sive non trino forte nundino promulgata, sive non idoneo die, etc.,

id. 2, 4, 35:

ut sciant, an ad probandum id quod intendimus forte respondeant,

id. 5, 10, 122; cf. id. 7, 3, 20: quo casu licet uxori vel in omnes res, vel in unam forte aut duas (optare), Gai Inst. 1, 150; 4, 74:

forte quid expediat, communiter aut melior pars Malis carere quaeritis laboribus,

what may perhaps be of some use, Hor. Epod. 16, 15:

alii nulli rem obligatam esse quam forte Lucio Titio,

than for instance, Dig. 20, 1, 15, § 2; 30, 1, 67; 48, 22, 7, § 6; Gai. Inst. 3, 179.

fors, fortis, f. [fero, to bring, whence fortuna, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 300 sq.], chance, hap, luck, hazard.

Subst.

As an appellative noun (used only in the nom. and abl.; syn.: fortuna, casus, sors): quo saxum impulerit fors, eo cadere Fortunam autumant, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 368 Rib., who regards this verse as spurious); cf.: quibus natura prava magis quam fors aut fortuna obfuit, Att. ap. Non. 425, 13 (Trag. Rel. ed. Rib. v. 110): cui parilem fortuna locum fatumque tulit fors, Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 15; cf.

also: casumque timent quem cuique ferat fors,

Lucr. 3, 983 Lachm. N. cr.:

unum hoc scio: Quod fors feret, feremus aequo animo,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 88:

sed haec, ut fors tulerit,

Cic. Att. 7, 14 fin.:

sed haec fors viderit,

id. ib. 14, 13, 3;

4, 10, 1: quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 2:

quia tam incommode illis fors obtulerat adventum meum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 10:

telum quod cuique fors offerebat, arripuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43; Hor. S. 1, 6, 54; 2, 1, 59:

forte quadam divinitus super ripas Tiberis effusus lenibus stagnis,

Liv. 1, 4, 4:

fors fuit, ut, etc.,

it happened that, Gell. 12, 8, 2:

fors fuat pol!

so be it! God grant it! Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 4;

post-class.: fors fuat, ut his remediis convalescamus,

Symm. Ep. 2, 7; Aus. Ep. 16: fors fuat, an, etc., it might so happen that; perchance, i. q. forsitan, Symm. Ep. 1, 39; 4, 28 and 29; cf.

also: pretio fors fuat officiove, etc.,

perhaps, Sid. Ep. 9, 7 (but not in Lucr. 1, 486, v. Lachm. ad h. l.).—

Personified, Fors, the goddess of chance:

dea Fors,

Ov. F. 6, 775; also in the connection Fors Fortuna, whose temple was situated on the Tiber, outside of the city: vosne velit an me regnare, era quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur, Enn. ap. Cic. de Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 203 ed. Vahl.); so,

sit sane Fors domina campi,

Cic. Pis. 2, 3:

fors, in quo incerti casus significantur magis (different from Fortuna),

id. Leg. 2, 11 fin. Mos. N. cr.:

sed de illa ambulatione Fors viderit, aut si qui est qui curet deus,

id. Att. 4, 10, 1:

saeva,

Cat. 64, 170:

dies Fortis Fortunae appellatus ab Servio Tullio rege, quod is fanum Fortis Fortunae secundum Tiberim extra urbem Romam dedicavit Junio mense,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 17 Müll.; cf.;

aedis Fortis Fortunae,

Liv. 10, 46, 14; Tac. A. 2, 41:

Fortunae Fortis honores,

Ov. F. 6, 773:

o Fortuna! o Fors Fortuna! quantis commoditatibus hunc onerastis diem!

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1 (quoted by Varr. ap. Non. 425, 19; for Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18, v. II. B. 1. infra).

Adverb., in the nom. and abl.

fors, ellipt., for fors sit, it might happen, i. e. perchance, perhaps, peradventure (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

similiter fors, cum sit nominativus, accipitur pro adverbio,

Prisc. p. 1015 P.:

et fors aequatis cepissent praemia rostris, Ni, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 232; 6, 535:

cesserit Ausonio si fors victoria Turno,

if perchance, id. ib. 12, 183; Val. Fl. 3, 665; Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 2.—Esp. in the connection fors et, i. q. fortasse etiam, perhaps too:

iste quod est, ego saepe fui, sed fors et in hora Hoc ipso ejecto carior alter erit,

Prop. 2, 9, 1:

et nunc ille quidem spe multum captus inani, Fors et vota facit cumulatque altaria donis,

Verg. A. 11, 50; 2, 139:

fors et Debita jura vicesque superbae Te maneant ipsum,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 31; Stat. S. 3, 4, 4.—Less freq.:

fors etiam,

Val. Fl. 4, 620.—

forte, by chance, by accident, casually, accidentally; freq. with casu, temere, fortuna (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

quid est tandem, quod casu fieri aut forte fortuna putemus? etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18:

forte fortuna per impluvium huc despexi in proximum,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 16; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 54; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 75: aut forte omnino ac fortuna vincere bello: Si forte et temere omnino, quid cursum ad honorem? Lucil. ap. Non. 425, 16 sq.:

si forte, temere, casu aut pleraque fierent aut omnia, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 3, 6; cf.:

nisi ista casu nonnumquam, forte, temere concurrerent,

id. Div. 2, 68, 141:

quam saepe forte temere Eveniunt, quae non audeas optare,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 30; cf. Liv. 41, 2, 7:

nec quicquam raptim aut forte temere egeritis,

id. 23, 3, 3: perpulere, ut forte temere in adversos montes erigeret, 2, 31, 5; 25, 38, 12;

39, 15, 11: quibus forte temere humana negotia volvi persuasum est,

Curt. 5, 11, 10:

captivi quidam pars forte pars consilio oblati,

Liv. 9, 31, 7:

dumque hoc vel forte, vel providentia, vel utcumque constitutum rerum naturae corpus, etc.,

Vell. 2, 66, 5; cf.:

mihi haec et talia audienti in incerto judicium est, fatone res mortalium et necessitate immutabili, an forte volvantur,

Tac. A, 6, 22: [p. 771] si adhuc dubium fuisset, forte casuque rectores terris, an aliquo numine darentur, Plin. Pan. 1, 4:

seu dolo seu forte surrexerit, parum compertum,

Tac. H. 2, 42; cf.:

seu forte seu tentandi causa,

Suet. Aug. 6:

donec advertit Tiberius forte an quia audiverat,

Tac. A. 4, 54:

cum casu diebus iis itineris faciendi causa, Puteolos forte venissem,

Cic. Planc. 26, 65:

cum cenatum forte apud Vitellios esset,

Liv. 2, 4, 5:

ibi cum stipendium forte militibus daretur,

id. 2, 12, 6:

forte aspicio militem,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 58; cf.:

fit forte obviam mihi Phormio,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 11:

rus ut ibat forte,

id. ib. 63:

forte ut assedi in stega,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 44:

lucernam forte oblitus fueram exstinguere,

id. Most. 2, 2, 56:

forte evenit, ut, etc.,

Cic. Clu. 51, 141; id. de Or. 2, 55, 224; Liv. 1, 7, 13:

Tarenti ludi forte erant,

Plaut. Men. prol. 29:

erat forte brumae tempus,

Liv. 21, 54, 7:

et pernox forte luna erat,

id. 32, 11, 9:

per eos forte dies consul copias Larisam ducere tribunos militum jussit,

i. e. it came to pass on one of those days, id. 36, 14, 1:

per eosdem forte dies, etc.,

id. 37, 20, 1; 37, 34, 1; cf. Tac. A. 4, 59:

in locum tribuni plebis forte demortui candidatum se ostendit,

Suet. Aug. 10. —So nearly = aliquando (mostly poet. and post - Aug.):

forte per angustam tenuis vulpecula rimam repserat in cumeram frumenti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 29:

ibam forte via sacra,

id. S. 1, 9, 1; Mart. 1, 54, 7:

forte quondam in disponendo mane die praedixerat, etc.,

Suet. Tib. 11; Aur. Vict. de Caes. 17, 5.—

Transf., to denote uncertainty, corresp. to the Gr. an, perhaps, perchance, peradventure.

In conditional and causal sentences.

With si:

irae si quae forte eveniunt hujusmodi,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 60:

si quis vestrum, judices, aut eorum qui assunt, forte miratur, etc.,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1:

hicine vir usquam, nisi in patria, morietur? aut, si forte, pro patria?

id. Mil. 38, 104:

si forte est domi,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; cf. id. Poen. 5, 2, 104; Liv. 1, 7, 6:

si forte eos primus aspectus mundi conturbaverat, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90:

si te Latina forte deficient,

id. Ac. 1, 7, 25:

si qui me forte locus admonuerit,

id. de Or. 3, 12, 47:

si quae te forte res aliquando offenderit,

id. Fam. 7, 17, 2:

quod si forte ceciderint,

id. Lael. 15, 53:

si quando, si forte, tibi visus es irasci alicui,

id. Rep. 1, 38 Mos. N. cr.; cf. id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—Rarely forte si:

forte si tussire occepsit, ne sic tussiat, ut, etc.,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 49:

ita demum novatio fit... forte si condicio vel sponsor vel dies adiciatur,

Gai. Inst. 3, 177.—Rarely with ellipsis of si:

protinus Aeneas celeri certare sagitta invitat qui forte velint, i. e. si qui forte velint,

Verg. A, 5, 485.—

With nisi ironically:

hoc te monitum, nisi forte ipse non vis, volueram,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 59:

nemo fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit,

Cic. Mur. 6, 13:

propensior benignitas esse debebit in calamitosos, nisi forte erunt digni calamitate,

id. Off. 2, 18, 62; 3, 24, 93: is constantiam teneat;

nisi forte se intellexerit errasse, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 33, 120:

negare hoc, nisi forte negare omnia constituisti, nullo modo potes,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149: accedam ad omnia tua, Torquate;

nisi memoria forte defecerit,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 44.—In indirect locution with an inf.:

nisi forte clarissimo cuique plures curas, majora pericula subeunda, delenimentis curarum et periculorum carendum esse,

Tac. A. 2, 33.— Ironically, unless indeed, unless to be sure:

Erucii criminatio tota, ut arbitror, dissoluta est, nisi forte exspectatis, ut illa diluam, quae, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 82; cf.:

immo vero te audiamus, nisi forte Manilius interdictum aliquod inter duo soles putat esse componendum,

id. Rep. 1, 13:

ortum quidem amicitiae videtis nisi quid ad haec forte vultis,

id. Lael. 9, 32; id. Mil. 7, 17; 31, 84; id. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 149; id. Leg. 1, 1, 2; id. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Fat. 16, 37; Sall. C. 20, 17; Quint. 10, 1, 70; Tac. H. 4, 74.—

With ne:

ne quid animae forte amittat dormiens,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 24 and 26; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 56:

pacem ab Aesculapio Petas, ne forte tibi eveniat magnum malum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 21:

qui metuo, ne te forte flagitent,

Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 1:

metuens, ne forte deprehensus retraheretur,

Liv. 2, 12, 4:

comperisse me non audeo dicere, ne forte id ipsum verbum ponam, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4: ac ne forte hoc magnum ac mirabile esse videatur, hominem toties irasci, id. de Or. 2, 46, 191; id. Att. 2, 18, 2.—Rarely with ut non instead of ne, Quint. 1, 3, 1.—

In relat. clauses (very rare):

nisi si quispiamst Amphitruo alius, qui forte te hic absente tamen tuam rem curet,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 195:

unus in hoc non est populo, qui forte Latine reddere verba queat,

Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 53:

nam qui forte Stichum et Erotem emerit, recte videtur ita demonstrare,

Gai. Inst. 4, 59; Aur. Vict. Caes. 10, 3; 39, 45.—

In gen. (rare; not in Cic., for in Off. 2, 20, 70, the true read. is: in uno illo aut, si forte, in liberis ejus manet gratia, B. and K.;

and in the corrupt passage,

id. Att. 10, 12, 5; Orelli reads: fortiter ac tempestive;

Kayser, fortiter vel cum tempestate): quid si apud te veniat de subito prandium aut potatio Forte, aut cena,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 47:

neque solum alium pro alio pedem metrorum ratio non recipit, sed ne dactylum quidem aut forte spondeum alterum pro altero,

Quint. 9, 4, 49:

sive non trino forte nundino promulgata, sive non idoneo die, etc.,

id. 2, 4, 35:

ut sciant, an ad probandum id quod intendimus forte respondeant,

id. 5, 10, 122; cf. id. 7, 3, 20: quo casu licet uxori vel in omnes res, vel in unam forte aut duas (optare), Gai Inst. 1, 150; 4, 74:

forte quid expediat, communiter aut melior pars Malis carere quaeritis laboribus,

what may perhaps be of some use, Hor. Epod. 16, 15:

alii nulli rem obligatam esse quam forte Lucio Titio,

than for instance, Dig. 20, 1, 15, § 2; 30, 1, 67; 48, 22, 7, § 6; Gai. Inst. 3, 179.

impōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (arch. forms of the perf. imposivit, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 27:

imposisse,

id. Most. 2, 2, 4; sync. form of the part. perf. impostus, a, um, Lucr. 5, 543; Verg. A. 9, 716; Val. Fl. 4, 186; Prop. 5, 2, 29; Stat. Th. 1, 227 al.), v. a. [in-pono], to place, put, set, or lay into, upon or in a place (very freq. and class.); constr. usu. with aliquid in aliquam rem or alicui rei; rarely in aliqua re or absol.

Lit.

In gen.: pedem in undam. Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 4:

hunc in collum,

id. Pers. 4, 6, 10:

aliquem in rogum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85; cf.:

in ignem imposita'st: fletur,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 102:

omnem aciem suam redis et carris circumdederunt: eo mulieres imposuerunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 51 fin.:

milites eo (i. e. in equos),

id. ib. 1, 42, 5:

aliquid in foco Lari,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 16:

coronam auream litteris,

Cic. Fl. 31, 76; cf.:

collegae diadema,

id. Phil. 5, 12:

operi incohato fastigium,

id. Off. 3, 7, 33:

pondera nobis,

Lucr. 5, 543:

serta delubris et farra cultris,

Juv. 12, 84:

clitellas bovi,

Cic. Att. 5, 15, 3:

juvenes rogis,

Verg. G. 4, 477:

artus mensis,

Ov. M. 1, 230:

aliquid mensis,

id. F. 2, 473: natum axi (i. e. in currum). Stat. Th. 6, 321:

frontibus ancillarum vittas,

Juv. 12, 118:

ali quem mannis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 77:

aliquem jumento,

Gell. 20, 1, 11:

Pelion Olympo,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 52:

arces montibus impositae,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 253; cf. id. C. 4, 14, 12:

impositum saxis Anxur,

id. S. 1, 5, 26:

celeri raptos per inania vento Imposuit caelo,

placed them in the heavens, Ov. M. 2, 507:

(Romulum) ablatum terris caelo,

id. ib. 14, 811:

hoc metuens molemque et montes insuper altos Imposuit,

Verg. A. 1, 62; cf.:

pedem super cervicem jacentis,

Curt. 9, 7 fin.:

haec super imposuit liquidum aethera,

Ov. M. 1, 67:

ei jus est in infinito supra suum aedificium imponere,

to build, Dig. 8, 2, 24:

pontibus praesidiisque impositis,

Tac. A. 2, 11:

pons lapideus flumini impositus,

Curt. 5, 1, 29:

quidvis oneris impone, impera,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 26; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 29:

nec peredit Impositam celer ignis Aetnam,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 76:

diadema imposuit,

Quint. 9, 3, 61:

pars togae, quae postea imponitur,

id. 11, 3, 140. —

In partic.

Naut. t. t., to put on board ship, to embark; with in and acc.:

quicquid domi fuit in navem imposivit,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 27: in quas (naves) exercitus ejus imponi posset, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1:

legiones equitesque Brundisii in naves,

Caes. B. C. 3, 14, 1:

aeris magno pondere in naves imposito,

id. ib. 3, 103, 1.—With dat.:

et nos in aeternum Exsilium impositura cymbae,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 28:

ut semel imposita est pictae Philomela carinae,

Ov. M. 6, 511.—With adv.:

deprehensis navibus circiter quinquaginta atque eo militibus inpositis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 58, 4:

scaphas contexit, eoque milites imposuit,

id. B. C. 3, 24, 1. — With abl.: vetustissima nave impositi, Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 66. — Absol.:

ipsi expediti naves conscenderent, quo major numerus militum posset imponi,

Caes. B. C. 3, 6, 1:

cum Crassus exercitum Brundisii imponeret,

Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84:

signa nostra velim imponas,

id. Att. 1, 10, 3:

per istos quae volebat clam imponenda curabat,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23.—

Med. t. t., to apply a remedy externally:

alium imponitur in vulnera,

Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 50:

porrum vulneribus,

id. 20, 6, 21, § 47:

raphanos super umbilicum contra tormenta vulvae,

id. 20, 4, 13, § 27:

imponuntur et per se folia,

id. 23, 7, 71, § 138.—

Of animals, to put the male to the female:

asinum equae,

Col. 6, 36, 4; 7, 2, 5.—In mal. part., Juv. 6, 334.

Trop.

In gen., to put or lay upon, to impose; to throw or inflict upon; to put, set, or give to:

culpam omnem in med inponito,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54: cujus amicitia me paulatim in hanc perditam causam imposuit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 17, 1:

ne magnum onus observantiae Bruto nostro imponerem,

Cic. Att, 13, 11, 1:

onus alicui,

id. Fam. 6, 7, 6; 13, 56, 1; id. Rep. 1, 23; cf.:

plus militi laboris,

id. Mur. 18, 38:

graviores labores sibi,

Caes. B. C. 3, 74, 2:

illi illud negotium,

Cic. Sest. 28, 60:

vos mihi personam hanc imposuistis, ut, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 18, 49; cf. Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 10, 2:

si mihi imposuisset aliquid,

Cic. Att. 15, 26, 4:

ego mihi necessitatem volui imponere hujus novae conjunctionis,

id. ib. 4, 5, 2; cf. id. Sull. 12, 35:

mihi impone istam vim, ut, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 138:

rei publicae vulnera,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 66; so,

vulnus rei publicae,

id. Att. 1, 16, 7:

plagam mortiferam rei publicae,

id. Sest. 19, 44:

quibus injurias plurimas contumeliasque imposuisti,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20:

injuriam sine ignominia alicui,

id. Quint. 31, 96; cf. id. Rep. 1, 3:

servitus fundo illi imposita,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3:

servitutem civibus,

Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2:

belli invidiam consuli,

id. C. 43, 1:

leges civitati per vim imposuit,

Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 15:

leges alicui,

id. ib. 12, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 34; cf.:

saevas imponite leges, ut, etc.,

Juv. 7, 229:

nimis duras leges huic aetati,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 256:

huic praedae ac direptioni cellae nomen imponis,

assign, give, id. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 197:

nomen alicui,

Liv. 35, 47, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 7; Tac. A. 4, 34; 14, 39 et saep.; cf.:

imponens cognata vocabula rebus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 280:

finem imponere volumini,

Quint. 9, 4, 146:

finem spei,

Liv. 5, 4, 10:

clausulam disputationi,

Col. 3, 19, 3; cf.: quasi perfectis summam eloquentiae manum imponerent, gave the last touch to, Quint. prooem. §

4: summam manum operi,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 16; Sen. Ep. 12, 4; Vell. 2, 33, 1; 2, 87, 1; Gell. 17, 10, 5; Quint. 1 prooem. 4:

extremam manum bello,

Verg. A. 7, 573:

manum supremam bellis,

Ov. R. Am. 114:

modum alicui,

Liv. 4, 24, 7:

modum dolori,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 16:

modum divortiis,

Suet. Aug. 34.—Prov.:

imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

Juv. 6, 444 (453).—

In partic.

To set over, as overseer, commander, etc.:

si emimus, quem vilicum imponeremus, quem pecori praeficeremus,

Cic. Planc. 25, 62:

consul est impositus is nobis, quem, etc.,

id. Att. 1, 18, 3:

Lacedaemonii devictis Atheniensibus triginta viros imposuere,

Sall. C. 51, 28:

Macedoniae regem,

Liv. 40, 12, 15; cf.:

Masinissam in Syphacis regnum,

id. 37, 25, 9:

Cappadociae consularem rectorem,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

quid si domini milites imperatoribus imponantur?

Liv. 45, 36, 8:

itaque imposuistis cervicibus nostris sempiternum dominum (deum),

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54 (al. in cervicibus).—

To lay or impose upon, as a burden, tax, etc.: omnibus agris publicis pergrande vectigal. Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 10:

vectigal fructibus,

id. Font. 5, 10:

stipendium victis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 5:

tributa genti,

Suet. Dom. 12; so, tributi aliquid alicui, id. Calig. 40; cf.:

tributum in capita singula,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 1:

frumentum,

Cic. Att. 15, 10:

nulla onera nova,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 49 fin. —

Alicui, to impose upon, deceive, cheat, trick (= frustror, fallo, fraudo, circumvenio):

Catoni egregie imposuit Milo noster,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

si mihi imposuisset aliquid,

id. Att. 15, 26, 4: populo imposuimus et oratores visi sumus, id. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 20 and 55:

praefectis Antigoni imposuit,

Nep. Eum. 5, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 3:

facile est barbato inponere regi,

Juv. 4, 103:

falluntur quibus luxuria specie liberalitatis imponit,

Tac. H. 1, 30.— Pass. impers.:

utcumque imponi vel dormienti posset,

Petr. 102.

nŭmĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [numerus], to count, reckon, number (syn. recenseo).

Lit.:

si singulos numeremus in singulas (civitates),

Cic. Rep. 3, 4, 7: ea, si ex reis numeres, innumerabilia sunt;

si ex rebus, modica,

id. de Or. 2, 32, 137:

numerare per digitos,

Ov. F. 3, 123:

votaque pro dominā vix numeranda facit,

that can hardly be counted, almost innumerable, Tib. 4, 4, 12:

amores divūm numerare,

Verg. G. 4, 347:

pecus,

id. E. 3, 34:

viros,

Sil. 7, 51:

milites,

Luc. 3, 285:

aureos voce digitisque numerare,

Suet. Claud. 21:

numera sestertia qumque omnibus in rebus—numerentur deinde labores,

Juv. 9, 41 sq.: numera senatum, said to the consul by a senator opposed to a bill, and who considered that there was not a quorum of senators present; like the phrase to demand a call of the House, Paul. ex Fest. p. 170 Müll.:

ne quid ad senatum consule! aut numera,

Cic. Att. 5, 4, 2 Orell. N. cr.: posset rem impedire, si, ut numerarentur, postularet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2 (cf. also Plin. Pan. 76).—In law, of days granted for deliberation, etc.:

continui dies numerantur,

Gai. Inst. 2, 173; cf.:

tempus numeratur,

id. ib. 2, 172.—

In partic., of money, to count out, pay out, pay:

stipendium numerare militibus,

Cic. Pis. 36, 88:

pecuniam de suo,

id. Att. 16, 16, A, § 5; id. Fl. 19, 44; Nep. Ep. 3, 6:

talenta,

Suet. Caes. 4:

aliquid usurae nomine,

id. ib. 42:

alicui pensionem,

Liv. 29, 16:

magnam pecuniam numerare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 3.— Absol., Plaut. As. Perioch. 4.—

Trop.

To reckon, number as one's own, i. e. to have, possess (rare):

donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 5:

triumphos,

Juv. 6, 169:

tum licet a Pico numeres genus,

id. 8, 131:

veterani tricena aut supra stipendia numerantes,

Tac. A. 1, 35.—

To account, reckon, esteem, consider as any thing.—With two acc.:

Sulpicium accusatorem suum numerabat, non competitorem,

Cic. Mur. 24, 49:

hos non numero consulares,

id. Fam. 12, 2, 3:

stellas singulas numeras deos,

id. N. D. 3, 16, 40; id. Phil. 13, 4, 7:

quae isti bona numerant,

id. Tusc. 5, 15, 44; cf.:

sapientes cives, qualem me et esse et numerari volo,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 18:

is prope alter Timarchides numerabatur,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:

numerare aliquid beneficii loco,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

mors in beneficii parte (al. partem) numeretur,

id. Phil. 11, 1, 3:

voluptatem nullo loco,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90:

aliquid in bonis,

id. Leg. 2, 5, 12; id. Fin. 1, 9, 31:

aliquid in actis,

id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:

Herennius in mediocribus oratoribus numeratus est,

id. Brut. 45, 166:

aliquem in septem (sc. sapientibus),

id. Par. 1, 1, 8.—With inter:

ipse honestissimus inter suos numerabatur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

aliquem inter decemviros,

Liv. 3, 35, 3:

quae jactura inter damna numerata non est,

Just. 2, 5, 11; Lact. 2, 12, 4; Val. Max. 1, 6, 11:

numerabatur inter ostenta deminutus magistratuum numerus,

Tac. A. 12, 64; id. G. 29; id. Or. 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 1; 5, 3, 6; Quint. 3, 7, 18 al.:

inter amicos,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 35:

aliquem post aliquem,

Tac. H. 1, 77:

Thucydides numquam est numeratus orator,

Cic. Brut. 45, 166.—Hence, nŭmĕrātus, a, um, P. a., counted out, paid down:

argentum,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 57; hence, in ready money, in cash:

hic sunt quinque argenti lectae numeratae minae,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 50:

duo talenta argenti numerata,

id. As. 1, 3, 41:

(vendidit aedis) praesentariis Argenti minis numeratis,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 75:

dos uxoris numerata,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

pecunia,

id. Fl. 32, 80.—Hence, subst.: nŭmĕrātum, i, n., ready money, cash: quae tua est suavitas nolles a me hoc tempore aestimationem accipere;

nam numeratum, si cuperem, non haberem,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 9:

ut numerato malim quam aestimatione,

id. Att 12, 25, 1; Liv. 36, 21 fin.; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 166: in numerato, in ready money:

testamento edixit relinquere in numerato HS DC,

Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 135:

proferre in numerato,

id. 33, 3, 17, § 55; Gai. Inst. 2, 196; 3, 141.— Hence,

Trop.: in numerato habere, to have in readiness (a phrase of Augustus):

dictum est de actore facile dicente ex tempore, ingenium eum in numerato habere,

Quint. 6, 3, 111; cf. Sen. Contr. 2, 13 fin.

nŭmĕrō, adv., v. numerus fin.

nŭmĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [numerus], to count, reckon, number (syn. recenseo).

Lit.:

si singulos numeremus in singulas (civitates),

Cic. Rep. 3, 4, 7: ea, si ex reis numeres, innumerabilia sunt;

si ex rebus, modica,

id. de Or. 2, 32, 137:

numerare per digitos,

Ov. F. 3, 123:

votaque pro dominā vix numeranda facit,

that can hardly be counted, almost innumerable, Tib. 4, 4, 12:

amores divūm numerare,

Verg. G. 4, 347:

pecus,

id. E. 3, 34:

viros,

Sil. 7, 51:

milites,

Luc. 3, 285:

aureos voce digitisque numerare,

Suet. Claud. 21:

numera sestertia qumque omnibus in rebus—numerentur deinde labores,

Juv. 9, 41 sq.: numera senatum, said to the consul by a senator opposed to a bill, and who considered that there was not a quorum of senators present; like the phrase to demand a call of the House, Paul. ex Fest. p. 170 Müll.:

ne quid ad senatum consule! aut numera,

Cic. Att. 5, 4, 2 Orell. N. cr.: posset rem impedire, si, ut numerarentur, postularet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2 (cf. also Plin. Pan. 76).—In law, of days granted for deliberation, etc.:

continui dies numerantur,

Gai. Inst. 2, 173; cf.:

tempus numeratur,

id. ib. 2, 172.—

In partic., of money, to count out, pay out, pay:

stipendium numerare militibus,

Cic. Pis. 36, 88:

pecuniam de suo,

id. Att. 16, 16, A, § 5; id. Fl. 19, 44; Nep. Ep. 3, 6:

talenta,

Suet. Caes. 4:

aliquid usurae nomine,

id. ib. 42:

alicui pensionem,

Liv. 29, 16:

magnam pecuniam numerare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 3.— Absol., Plaut. As. Perioch. 4.—

Trop.

To reckon, number as one's own, i. e. to have, possess (rare):

donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 5:

triumphos,

Juv. 6, 169:

tum licet a Pico numeres genus,

id. 8, 131:

veterani tricena aut supra stipendia numerantes,

Tac. A. 1, 35.—

To account, reckon, esteem, consider as any thing.—With two acc.:

Sulpicium accusatorem suum numerabat, non competitorem,

Cic. Mur. 24, 49:

hos non numero consulares,

id. Fam. 12, 2, 3:

stellas singulas numeras deos,

id. N. D. 3, 16, 40; id. Phil. 13, 4, 7:

quae isti bona numerant,

id. Tusc. 5, 15, 44; cf.:

sapientes cives, qualem me et esse et numerari volo,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 18:

is prope alter Timarchides numerabatur,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:

numerare aliquid beneficii loco,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

mors in beneficii parte (al. partem) numeretur,

id. Phil. 11, 1, 3:

voluptatem nullo loco,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90:

aliquid in bonis,

id. Leg. 2, 5, 12; id. Fin. 1, 9, 31:

aliquid in actis,

id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:

Herennius in mediocribus oratoribus numeratus est,

id. Brut. 45, 166:

aliquem in septem (sc. sapientibus),

id. Par. 1, 1, 8.—With inter:

ipse honestissimus inter suos numerabatur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

aliquem inter decemviros,

Liv. 3, 35, 3:

quae jactura inter damna numerata non est,

Just. 2, 5, 11; Lact. 2, 12, 4; Val. Max. 1, 6, 11:

numerabatur inter ostenta deminutus magistratuum numerus,

Tac. A. 12, 64; id. G. 29; id. Or. 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 1; 5, 3, 6; Quint. 3, 7, 18 al.:

inter amicos,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 35:

aliquem post aliquem,

Tac. H. 1, 77:

Thucydides numquam est numeratus orator,

Cic. Brut. 45, 166.—Hence, nŭmĕrātus, a, um, P. a., counted out, paid down:

argentum,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 57; hence, in ready money, in cash:

hic sunt quinque argenti lectae numeratae minae,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 50:

duo talenta argenti numerata,

id. As. 1, 3, 41:

(vendidit aedis) praesentariis Argenti minis numeratis,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 75:

dos uxoris numerata,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

pecunia,

id. Fl. 32, 80.—Hence, subst.: nŭmĕrātum, i, n., ready money, cash: quae tua est suavitas nolles a me hoc tempore aestimationem accipere;

nam numeratum, si cuperem, non haberem,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 9:

ut numerato malim quam aestimatione,

id. Att 12, 25, 1; Liv. 36, 21 fin.; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 166: in numerato, in ready money:

testamento edixit relinquere in numerato HS DC,

Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 135:

proferre in numerato,

id. 33, 3, 17, § 55; Gai. Inst. 2, 196; 3, 141.— Hence,

Trop.: in numerato habere, to have in readiness (a phrase of Augustus):

dictum est de actore facile dicente ex tempore, ingenium eum in numerato habere,

Quint. 6, 3, 111; cf. Sen. Contr. 2, 13 fin.

nŭmĕrō, adv., v. numerus fin.