stretched+out

prō̆-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour out or forth, to shed copiously, to cause to flow (class.).

Lit.:

sanguinem suum profundere omnem cupit, dummodo profusum hujus ante videat,

Cic. Clu. 6, 18:

sanguinem pro patriā,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 60; 2, 30, 97:

vim lacrimarum,

id. Rep. 6, 14, 14:

lacrimas oculis,

Verg. A. 12, 154; Ov. M. 9, 679; 7, 91; Sen. Med. 541:

sanguinem ex oculis,

Plin. 10, 60, 79, § 164:

aquam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 29:

vinum,

id. Curc. 1, 1, 92:

vina deo tamquam sitienti,

Lact. 2, 4, 13; 6, 1, 5:

aquas sub mensas,

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 26. —With se, to burst or gush forth:

lacrimae se subito profuderunt,

Cic. Ac. 11, 7, 6.—

Transf.

To stretch at full length, to prostrate ( poet.):

cum somnus membra profudit,

Lucr. 4, 757:

praecipites profusae in terram,

id. 6, 744.—Mid.: profusus, abjectus jacens. Pacuvius: profusus gemitu, murmure, stretched at full length, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 321 Rib.). —

To pour or cast out, bring forth, produce (class.): posticā parte profudit, Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 16:

(puerum) ex alvo matris natura profudit,

Lucr. 5, 225:

sonitus,

id. 6, 401:

ignes,

id. 6, 210:

omnia ex ore,

id. 6, 6:

pectore voces,

to pour forth, utter, Cat. 64, 202:

vocem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56:

clamorem,

id. Fl. 6, 15; id. Leg. 1, 8, 25:

voces,

Cat. 64, 202:

vitia,

Suet. Tib. 42:

dolorem,

Vop. Aur. 1:

palmites,

Col. 5, 5, 17.—

With se, to pour forth, rush forth or out; of bees:

cum se nova profundent examina,

Col. 9, 3;

of archers: omnis multitudo sagittariorum se profudit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93;

of luxuriant plants: ea, quae se nimium profuderunt,

have shot out, sent out shoots, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

profundit se supra modum numerus palmitum,

Col. 7, 24, 4.—

Trop., to cast or throw away:

ventis verba profundere,

Lucr. 4, 931:

quae si non profundere ac perdere videbor,

Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 17.—

In partic.

In a bad sense, spend uselessly; to lavish, dissipate, squander:

profundat, perdat, pereat,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 54; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 155:

patrimonia,

id. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

pecunias in res,

id. Off. 2, 16, 55.—

In a good sense, to spend, sacrifice:

non modo pecuniam, sed vitam etiam profundere pro patriā,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84.—

Esp., of life, to yield, give up:

animam,

Cic. Marc. 10, 32:

si pateretur natura, vel denas animas profundere praestabat in pugnā, quam, etc.,

Amm. 26, 10, 13:

spiritum in acie,

Val. Max. 6, 3, 3.—

To pour out, vent; to expend, exert, employ; to set forth, show, explain:

odium in aliquem,

Cic. Pis. 7, 16:

omnes profudi vires animi atque ingenii mei,

id. Att. 1, 18, 2:

res universas,

to set forth, explain, id. Ac. 2, 27, 87.—

With se, to pour itself forth, i. e. to rush forth, break out:

voluptates cum inclusae diutius, subito se nonnumquam profundunt atque eiciunt universae,

Cic. Cael. 31, 75:

si totum se ille in me profudisset,

had wholly poured himself out to me, had been liberal, id. Att. 7, 3, 3:

in questus flebiles sese in vestibulo curiae profuderunt,

Liv. 23, 20, 5.—Hence, prŏ-fūsus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., spread out, extended, hanging down (ante- and postclass.):

cauda profusa usque ad calces,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5.— Comp.:

equi coma et cauda profusior,

longer, Pall. 4, 13.—

Trop.

Lavish, extravagant, profuse (class.; cf.

prodigus): perditus ac profusus nepos,

Cic. Quint. 12, 40:

reus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20.—With gen.:

alieni appetens, sui profusus,

lavish of his own, Sall. C. 5, 4.—With in and abl.:

simul ad jacturam temporis ventum est, profusissimi in eo, cujus unius honesta avaritia est,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 2.—Of things abstr. and concr.:

profusis sumptibus vivere,

Cic. Quint. 30, 93:

profusa luxuria in aedificiis,

Vell. 2, 33, 4.—

In a good sense, liberal ( poet.):

mens profusa,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 91:

homo,

Mart. 8, 38, 11.—

Costly, expensive:

amare profusas epulas,

Cic. Mur. 36, 76:

convivia,

Suet. Tit. 7.—

Immoderate, excessive, extravagant:

profusa hilaritas,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15:

genus jocandi,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103:

cupido,

Tac. H. 1, 52.— Sup.:

profusissima libido,

Suet. Claud. 53.— Adv.: prŏfūsē.

Lit., lavishly, extravagantly, profusely (post-Aug.):

aedes profuse exstructa,

at an immoderate expense, Suet. Aug. 72.— Sup.:

festos et solemnes dies profusissime celebrabat,

Suet. Aug. 75.—

Trop.

In disorder, confusedly:

consul obstitit profuse tendentibus suis in castra,

Liv. 10, 36.—

Immoderately, excessively:

profuse prolixeque laudare,

Gell. 5, 1, 2.— Comp.:

eo profusius sumptui deditus erat,

Sall. C. 13, 5.

prae-tendo, di, tum ( part. praetensus, Anthol. Lat. 3, 168, 5), 3, v. a., to stretch forth or forward, to extend (syn. obtendo).

Lit.:

praetenta Tela,

stretched forth, presented, Ov. M. 8, 341: propagines e vitibus altius praetentos, shooting forth, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 13: ubi visum in culice natura praetendit? set out, stationed (i. e. extendit, et posuit in anteriore oris parte), Plin. 11, 1, 2, § 2.—

Transf.

To spread before or in front:

membrana, quae praecordia appellant, quia cordi praetenditur,

Plin. 11, 37, 77, § 197; 9, 6, 5, § 15.—

To spread, draw, hold, or place a thing before another:

segeti praetendere saepem,

Verg. G. 1, 270:

vestem tumidis praetendit ocellis,

holds before, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 79:

ramum praetendit olivae,

holds out, Verg. A. 8, 116:

fumosque manu praetende sequaces,

id. G. 4, 230:

decreto sermonem,

to prefix, Liv. 3, 47:

quicquid castrorum Armeniis praetenditur,

Tac. H. 2, 6:

ut adnexa classis et pugnae parata conversā et minaci fronte praetenderetur,

id. ib. 2, 14.—

Of places: praetendi, to stretch out before or in front of, to lie over against or opposite to ( poet. and post - Aug.;

once in Liv.): praetentaque Syrtibus arva,

Verg. A. 6, 60:

tenue litus praetentum,

Liv. 10, 2, 5:

Armeniae praetentus Iber,

Val. Fl. 5, 167:

gens nostris provinciis late praetenta,

Tac. A. 2, 56:

Baeticae latere septentrionali praetenditur Lusitania,

Plin. 3, 1, 2, § 6: a tergo praetendantur Aethiopes, id. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 6, 27, 31, § 134:

Dardanis laevo Triballi praetenduntur,

id. 4, 1, 1, § 3:

extremis legio praetenta Britannis, i. e. opposita custodiae causa,

Claud. B. Get. 416.—

Trop.

To hold out or bring forward as an excuse, to allege, pretend, simulate (syn.:

causor, praetexo): hominis doctissimi nomen tuis immanibus et barbaris moribus (soles) praetendere,

to allege in excuse for, Cic. Vatin. 6, 14:

praetendens culpae splendida verba tuae,

Ov. R. Am. 240:

legem postulationi suae praetendere,

Liv. 3, 45, 1:

quid honestum dictu saltem seditioni praetenditur muliebri?

id. 34, 3, 8:

meminisse, quem titulum praetenderitis adversus Philippum,

id. 37, 54, 13:

decem legatorum decretum calumniae inpudentissimae,

id. 39, 28, 11: vultum, et tristitiam, et dissentientem a ceteris habitum pessimis moribus praetendebant, Quint. prooem. § 15; Plin. Ep. 4, 16, 3:

ignorantia praetendi non potest,

Quint. 7, 1, 35:

haec a se factitari praetendebat,

Tac. A. 6, 18:

praetendere fessam aetatem et actos labores,

id. ib. 3, 59; Flor. 3, 5, 3:

plebeiam facie tenus praetendens humanitatem,

App. M. 10, 23, p. 250, 9.—

To put forward, hold out, allege, assert a thing:

nec conjugis umquam Praetendi taedas,

I never pretended to be your husband, Verg. A. 4, 338:

debitum,

to demand a debt, sue for payment of a debt, Dig. 2, 14, 9.

in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.

Lit.

In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:

dextram ad statuam,

Cic. Att. 16, 15:

alicui manus,

Sen. Clem. 1, 25:

bracchia,

Ov. M. 10, 58:

manus,

id. ib. 8, 107:

jubet intendi bracchia velis,

Verg. A. 5, 829:

intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,

id. ib. 3, 683:

nervos aut remittere,

Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:

cutem,

id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:

jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,

Val. Fl. 8, 68.—

To bend a bow, etc.:

ballistam in aliquem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:

arcum,

Verg. A. 8, 704:

intentus est arcus in me unum,

Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—

To aim or direct at a thing:

tela in patriam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:

tela intenta jugulis civitatis,

id. Pis. 2:

sagittam,

Verg. A. 9, 590:

telum in jugulum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—

To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:

tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,

pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

sella intenta loris,

Quint. 6, 3, 25:

stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,

Verg. A. 2, 237:

duro intendere bracchia tergo,

i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:

locum sertis,

encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:

vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,

swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:

intendentibus tenebris,

spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—

Trop.

To strain or stretch towards, to extend:

aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,

turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:

aciem longius,

id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

quo intendisset oculos,

whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:

aures ad verba,

Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:

numeros intendere nervis,

Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:

strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,

Pers. 6, 4.—

Esp.

To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:

digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:

intendenda in senem est fallacia,

id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:

ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,

Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:

ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,

Liv. 31, 33, 6:

a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,

id. 36, 21:

coeptum iter in Italiam,

id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:

quo nunc primum intendam,

whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—

Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:

parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:

quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,

id. Verr. 1, 3;

Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 9:

oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,

id. ib. 3, 22:

intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,

Sall. J. 20, 1:

ad bellum animum intendit,

id. ib. 43, 2:

animum studiis et rebus honestis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:

considerationem in aliquam rem,

Cic. Inv. 2, 33:

omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,

Liv. 40, 5:

omnium eo curae sunt intentae,

Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:

ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:

eruditionem tuam,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —

Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:

intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,

Liv. 24, 37:

aliquem ad custodiae curam,

id. 21, 49:

vis omnis intendenda rebus,

Quint. 10, 7, 21.—

To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:

intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,

Tac. A. 2, 38:

amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,

exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;

4, 11: gloriam,

id. ib. 4, 26;

12, 35: tormentum,

Cels. 4, 15 init. —

Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:

pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:

quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 42:

quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,

Sall. J. 25, 10:

quocumque intenderat,

id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;

102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,

Quint. 10, 1, 45:

ad nuptias,

Just. 13, 6.—

With inf.:

quo ire intenderant,

Sall. J. 107, 7:

altum petere intendit,

Liv. 36, 44.—

Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:

se ad firmitatem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

se in rem,

Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—

Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:

si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,

Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—

To maintain, assert:

eam sese intendit esse,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:

quo modo nunc intendit,

Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —

To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:

alicui actionem perduellionis,

Cic. Mil. 14:

alicui litem,

id. de Or. 1, 10:

periculum in omnes,

id. Rosc. Am. 3:

crimen in aliquem,

Liv. 9, 26:

injuriarum formulam,

Suet. Vit. 7:

probra et minas alicui,

Tac. A. 3, 36:

metum intendere,

id. ib. 1, 28.—

Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—

Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—

In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.—

In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:

primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,

Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.

inten-tus, a, um.

On the stretch, strained, bent:

arcus,

Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—

Attentive to, intent upon, waiting for something.

With dat.:

quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,

Verg. A. 7, 380:

intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,

Liv. 10, 42, 1.—

With abl.:

aliquo negotio intentus,

Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—

Absol., eager, intent:

at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,

Sall. C. 6, 5:

senatus nihil sane intentus,

id. ib. 16, 5:

intenti exspectant signum,

Verg. A. 5, 137:

intenti ora tenebant,

id. ib. 2, 1:

totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,

Cic. Fl. 11:

intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,

Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:

intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,

Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:

cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,

Liv. 29, 35:

intentissima cura aliquid consequi,

Quint. 10, 1, 111:

haec omnia intentissima cura acta,

Liv. 25, 22, 4. —

Strict:

intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,

Tac. A. 12, 42:

intentius delectum habere,

Liv. 8, 17:

intentiorem fore disciplinam,

Tac. A. 12, 42.—

Raised:

intento alimentorum pretio,

Tac. H. 1, 89. —

Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:

sermo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

pars orationis,

id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:

pronuntiare,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19:

audire,

Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):

cum delectus intentius haberetur,

Liv. 8, 17:

et quo intentius custodiae serventur,

id. 25, 30, 5:

apparare proelium,

id. 8, 1:

se excusare,

Tac. A. 3, 35:

premere obsessos,

id. ib. 15, 13:

adesse alicui rei,

id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:

exspectans intentissime,

Lampr. Elag. 14. —

intensus, a, um.

Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—

Violent:

intensior impetus,

Sen. Ira, 2, 35:

virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,

Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—

Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:

intensissime,

Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.

Lit.

In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:

dextram ad statuam,

Cic. Att. 16, 15:

alicui manus,

Sen. Clem. 1, 25:

bracchia,

Ov. M. 10, 58:

manus,

id. ib. 8, 107:

jubet intendi bracchia velis,

Verg. A. 5, 829:

intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,

id. ib. 3, 683:

nervos aut remittere,

Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:

cutem,

id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:

jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,

Val. Fl. 8, 68.—

To bend a bow, etc.:

ballistam in aliquem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:

arcum,

Verg. A. 8, 704:

intentus est arcus in me unum,

Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—

To aim or direct at a thing:

tela in patriam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:

tela intenta jugulis civitatis,

id. Pis. 2:

sagittam,

Verg. A. 9, 590:

telum in jugulum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—

To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:

tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,

pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

sella intenta loris,

Quint. 6, 3, 25:

stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,

Verg. A. 2, 237:

duro intendere bracchia tergo,

i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:

locum sertis,

encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:

vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,

swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:

intendentibus tenebris,

spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—

Trop.

To strain or stretch towards, to extend:

aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,

turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:

aciem longius,

id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

quo intendisset oculos,

whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:

aures ad verba,

Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:

numeros intendere nervis,

Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:

strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,

Pers. 6, 4.—

Esp.

To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:

digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:

intendenda in senem est fallacia,

id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:

ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,

Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:

ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,

Liv. 31, 33, 6:

a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,

id. 36, 21:

coeptum iter in Italiam,

id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:

quo nunc primum intendam,

whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—

Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:

parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:

quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,

id. Verr. 1, 3;

Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 9:

oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,

id. ib. 3, 22:

intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,

Sall. J. 20, 1:

ad bellum animum intendit,

id. ib. 43, 2:

animum studiis et rebus honestis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:

considerationem in aliquam rem,

Cic. Inv. 2, 33:

omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,

Liv. 40, 5:

omnium eo curae sunt intentae,

Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:

ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:

eruditionem tuam,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —

Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:

intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,

Liv. 24, 37:

aliquem ad custodiae curam,

id. 21, 49:

vis omnis intendenda rebus,

Quint. 10, 7, 21.—

To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:

intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,

Tac. A. 2, 38:

amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,

exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;

4, 11: gloriam,

id. ib. 4, 26;

12, 35: tormentum,

Cels. 4, 15 init. —

Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:

pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:

quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 42:

quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,

Sall. J. 25, 10:

quocumque intenderat,

id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;

102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,

Quint. 10, 1, 45:

ad nuptias,

Just. 13, 6.—

With inf.:

quo ire intenderant,

Sall. J. 107, 7:

altum petere intendit,

Liv. 36, 44.—

Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:

se ad firmitatem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

se in rem,

Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—

Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:

si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,

Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—

To maintain, assert:

eam sese intendit esse,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:

quo modo nunc intendit,

Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —

To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:

alicui actionem perduellionis,

Cic. Mil. 14:

alicui litem,

id. de Or. 1, 10:

periculum in omnes,

id. Rosc. Am. 3:

crimen in aliquem,

Liv. 9, 26:

injuriarum formulam,

Suet. Vit. 7:

probra et minas alicui,

Tac. A. 3, 36:

metum intendere,

id. ib. 1, 28.—

Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—

Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—

In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.—

In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:

primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,

Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.

inten-tus, a, um.

On the stretch, strained, bent:

arcus,

Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—

Attentive to, intent upon, waiting for something.

With dat.:

quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,

Verg. A. 7, 380:

intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,

Liv. 10, 42, 1.—

With abl.:

aliquo negotio intentus,

Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—

Absol., eager, intent:

at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,

Sall. C. 6, 5:

senatus nihil sane intentus,

id. ib. 16, 5:

intenti exspectant signum,

Verg. A. 5, 137:

intenti ora tenebant,

id. ib. 2, 1:

totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,

Cic. Fl. 11:

intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,

Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:

intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,

Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:

cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,

Liv. 29, 35:

intentissima cura aliquid consequi,

Quint. 10, 1, 111:

haec omnia intentissima cura acta,

Liv. 25, 22, 4. —

Strict:

intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,

Tac. A. 12, 42:

intentius delectum habere,

Liv. 8, 17:

intentiorem fore disciplinam,

Tac. A. 12, 42.—

Raised:

intento alimentorum pretio,

Tac. H. 1, 89. —

Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:

sermo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

pars orationis,

id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:

pronuntiare,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19:

audire,

Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):

cum delectus intentius haberetur,

Liv. 8, 17:

et quo intentius custodiae serventur,

id. 25, 30, 5:

apparare proelium,

id. 8, 1:

se excusare,

Tac. A. 3, 35:

premere obsessos,

id. ib. 15, 13:

adesse alicui rei,

id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:

exspectans intentissime,

Lampr. Elag. 14. —

intensus, a, um.

Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—

Violent:

intensior impetus,

Sen. Ira, 2, 35:

virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,

Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—

Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:

intensissime,

Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

in-tendo, di, tum and sum, 3, v. a. ( part. intenditus, Fronto, Fer. Als. 3, 11 Mai.), to stretch out or forth, extend.

Lit.

In hunc intende digitum, hic lenost, point in scorn, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 45:

dextram ad statuam,

Cic. Att. 16, 15:

alicui manus,

Sen. Clem. 1, 25:

bracchia,

Ov. M. 10, 58:

manus,

id. ib. 8, 107:

jubet intendi bracchia velis,

Verg. A. 5, 829:

intenta bracchia remis, id. ib, 5, 136: ventis vela,

id. ib. 3, 683:

nervos aut remittere,

Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 96:

cutem,

id. 8, 35, 53, § 125:

jamque manus Colchis crinemque intenderat astris,

Val. Fl. 8, 68.—

To bend a bow, etc.:

ballistam in aliquem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 58:

arcum,

Verg. A. 8, 704:

intentus est arcus in me unum,

Cic. Sest. 7, 15.—

To aim or direct at a thing:

tela in patriam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:

tela intenta jugulis civitatis,

id. Pis. 2:

sagittam,

Verg. A. 9, 590:

telum in jugulum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—

To stretch or spread out; to stretch, lay or put upon a thing:

tabernacula carbaseis intenta velis,

pitched, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 30; 2, 5, 31, § 80:

sella intenta loris,

Quint. 6, 3, 25:

stuppea vincula collo Intendunt,

Verg. A. 2, 237:

duro intendere bracchia tergo,

i. e. to bind with the cestus, id. ib. 5, 403:

locum sertis,

encircled, surrounded, id. ib. 4, 506:

vela secundi Intendunt Zephyri,

swell, fill, id. ib. 5, 33:

intendentibus tenebris,

spreading, Liv. 1, 57, 8.—

Trop.

To strain or stretch towards, to extend:

aciem acrem in omnes partes intendit,

turns keen looks on every side, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 38:

aciem longius,

id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

quo intendisset oculos,

whithersoever he turns his eyes, Tac. A. 4, 70:

aures ad verba,

Ov. P. 4, 4, 36: cum putaret licere senatui, et mitigare leges et intendere, to stretch, i. e. increase the rigor of, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 17:

numeros intendere nervis,

Verg. A. 9, 776 (per nervos intentos, Forbig.); cf.:

strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,

Pers. 6, 4.—

Esp.

To direct towards any thing, to turn or bend in any direction:

digna est res ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20:

intendenda in senem est fallacia,

id. Heaut. 3, 2, 2:

ut eo quo intendit, cum exercitu mature perveniat,

Cic. Mur. 9: iter, to direct one ' s course:

ad explorandum quonam hostes iter intendissent,

Liv. 31, 33, 6:

a porta ad praetorem iter intendit,

id. 36, 21:

coeptum iter in Italiam,

id. 21, 29, 6; 27, 46, 9.— Absol.:

quo nunc primum intendam,

whither shall I turn? Ter. And. 2, 2, 6.—

Intendere animum, to direct one ' s thoughts or attention to any thing: quaero enim non quibus intendam rebus animum, sed, etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 329, 6:

parum defigunt animos et intendunt in ea, quae, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 15, 46:

quo animum intendat, facile perspicio,

id. Verr. 1, 3;

Liv. praef. 9: intentus animus tuus est ad fortissimum virum liberandum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 9:

oculi mentesque ad pugnam intentae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

in ea re omnium nostrorum intentis animis,

id. ib. 3, 22:

intendere animum in regnum Adherbalis,

Sall. J. 20, 1:

ad bellum animum intendit,

id. ib. 43, 2:

animum studiis et rebus honestis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 36:

considerationem in aliquam rem,

Cic. Inv. 2, 33:

omnes cogitationes ad aliquid,

Liv. 40, 5:

omnium eo curae sunt intentae,

Liv. 9, 31; id. 25, 9:

ad scribendum animum, oculos, manum,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7: ubi ingenium intenderis, valet, Sall. J. 51, 3:

eruditionem tuam,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 14. —

Hence, intendere alone, to urge on, incite:

intenderant eum ad cavendi omnia curam tot auditae proditiones,

Liv. 24, 37:

aliquem ad custodiae curam,

id. 21, 49:

vis omnis intendenda rebus,

Quint. 10, 7, 21.—

To enlarge, spread, extend, magnify:

intendetur socordia, si nullus ex se metus aut spes,

Tac. A. 2, 38:

amici accendendis offensionibus callidi, intendere vera. adgerere falsa,

exaggerated, id. ib. 2, 57;

4, 11: gloriam,

id. ib. 4, 26;

12, 35: tormentum,

Cels. 4, 15 init. —

Absol., to turn one ' s attention to, exert one ' s self for, to purpose, endeavor, intend:

pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27 Brix:

quod est tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis intendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 42:

quod ubi secus procedit, neque quod intenderat, efficere potest,

Sall. J. 25, 10:

quocumque intenderat,

id. ib. 74, 2; cf. id. ib. 64, 1;

102, 1: genera lectionum, quae praecipue convenire intendentibus, ut oratores fiant,

Quint. 10, 1, 45:

ad nuptias,

Just. 13, 6.—

With inf.:

quo ire intenderant,

Sall. J. 107, 7:

altum petere intendit,

Liv. 36, 44.—

Intendere se, to exert one ' s self, prepare for any thing:

se ad firmitatem,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

se in rem,

Quint. 4, 1, 39: qui se intenderunt adversarios in ejus tribunatum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2.—

Intendere animo, to purpose in one ' s mind, to intend:

si C. Antonius, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset,

Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9.—

To maintain, assert:

eam sese intendit esse,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 19.—Esp., as leg. t. t., to aver, maintain, assert as a plaintiff in court:

quo modo nunc intendit,

Cic. Quint. 29, 88: si quod intendit adversarius tuus, probationibus implere non possit, Vet. cujusd. Jurec. Consult. 6, 16 Huschke; Dig. 10, 4, 9, § 6. —

To threaten with any thing, to seek to bring upon, to afflict with:

alicui actionem perduellionis,

Cic. Mil. 14:

alicui litem,

id. de Or. 1, 10:

periculum in omnes,

id. Rosc. Am. 3:

crimen in aliquem,

Liv. 9, 26:

injuriarum formulam,

Suet. Vit. 7:

probra et minas alicui,

Tac. A. 3, 36:

metum intendere,

id. ib. 1, 28.—

Intendere in se, to contemplate one ' s self: quid sit Deus: totus in se intendat, an ad nos aliquando respiciat, Sen. Q. N. praef. 1.—

Intendere alicui, to be intended for a person, Stat. S. 3 praef.—

In rhet., to premise, to state as the proposition of a syllogism, Quint. 5, 14, 10.—

In gram., to make long, to use (a syllable) as long:

primam syllabam intendit, tertiam corripuit,

Gell. 13, 22. 18. — Hence, P. a. in two forms.

inten-tus, a, um.

On the stretch, strained, bent:

arcus,

Cic. Sen. 10, 37; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26.—

Attentive to, intent upon, waiting for something.

With dat.:

quem pueri intenti ludo exercent,

Verg. A. 7, 380:

intentus recipiendo exercitui esse,

Liv. 10, 42, 1.—

With abl.:

aliquo negotio intentus,

Sall. C. 2; id. ib. 4; 54.—

Absol., eager, intent:

at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare,

Sall. C. 6, 5:

senatus nihil sane intentus,

id. ib. 16, 5:

intenti exspectant signum,

Verg. A. 5, 137:

intenti ora tenebant,

id. ib. 2, 1:

totam causam quam maxime intentis, quod aiunt, oculis contemplari,

Cic. Fl. 11:

intentaque tuis precibus se praebuit aure,

Tib. 4, 1, 132. — Comp.:

intentiore custodia aliquem asservare,

Liv. 39, 19.— Sup.:

cum intentissima conquisitione ad triginta milia peditum confecisset,

Liv. 29, 35:

intentissima cura aliquid consequi,

Quint. 10, 1, 111:

haec omnia intentissima cura acta,

Liv. 25, 22, 4. —

Strict:

intentum et magnis delictis inexorabilem scias,

Tac. A. 12, 42:

intentius delectum habere,

Liv. 8, 17:

intentiorem fore disciplinam,

Tac. A. 12, 42.—

Raised:

intento alimentorum pretio,

Tac. H. 1, 89. —

Of speech and style, vigorous, nervous:

sermo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

pars orationis,

id. ib. 2, 52, 211. — Adv.: in-tentē, with earnestness, attentively, intently:

pronuntiare,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19:

audire,

Quint. 2, 2, 13.— Comp. (cf. intense):

cum delectus intentius haberetur,

Liv. 8, 17:

et quo intentius custodiae serventur,

id. 25, 30, 5:

apparare proelium,

id. 8, 1:

se excusare,

Tac. A. 3, 35:

premere obsessos,

id. ib. 15, 13:

adesse alicui rei,

id. ib. 11, 11.— Sup.:

exspectans intentissime,

Lampr. Elag. 14. —

intensus, a, um.

Stretched, [p. 976] tightened, tight: per intensos funes ire, Sen. de Ira, 2, 13.—

Violent:

intensior impetus,

Sen. Ira, 2, 35:

virtus in mediocribus modice intensior,

Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 23, 2.—

Attentive; sup., Aug. Ep. 56 al.— Adv.: intensē, violently; comp.: intensius, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.; Schol. Juv. 11, 15; sup.:

intensissime,

Aug. Mor. Eccl. 19.

sĭnŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.].

Lit., to bend, wind, curve; to bow, to swell out in curves (perh. not ante-Aug.; most freq. in the poets;

syn.: curvo, flecto): (anguis) sinuat immensa volumine terga,

Verg. A. 2, 208; cf.:

flexos corpus in orbes (anguis),

Ov. M. 9, 64:

(equus) sinuet alterna volumina crurum,

Verg. G. 3, 192:

imposito patulos calamo sinuaverat arcus,

i. e. had bent, stretched, Ov. M. 8, 30; so,

arcum,

id. ib. 8, 381: nervum, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1198:

Euphraten immensum attolli et in modum diadematis sinuare orbes,

Tac. A. 6, 37:

(anguis) immensos saltu sinuatur in arcus,

Ov. M. 3, 42; cf.:

gurges curvos sinuatus in arcus,

id. ib. 14, 51:

cornua Lunae sinuantur,

id. ib. 3, 682; 14, 501; Cels. 8, 1 med.: muri per artem obliqui aut introrsus sinuati, bent inwards, i. e. with retreating angles, Tac. H. 5, 11; cf.:

exercitus in cornua, sinuatā mediā parte, curvatur,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 4:

(Chaucorum gens) donec in Chattos usque sinuetur,

extends in a curve, Tac. G. 35:

Ionia se ambagibus sinuat,

Mel. 1, 17:

oceanum,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 271.—

Transf., to hollow out, excavate:

adhuc sana rodendo,

Cels. 7, 2, § 21.

con-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a. and n., to stretch, stretch out vigorously, to draw tight, strain.

Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

arcum,

Verg. A. 12, 815; Ov. M. 6, 286; id. R. Am. 435: tormenta, Sisen. ap. Non. p. 258, 27; Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: muscipula, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 181, 31:

tenacia vincla,

Verg. G. 4, 412:

ilia risu,

Ov. A. A. 3, 285: pontem in alto, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

oculi contendunt se,

Lucr. 4, 810.— Of stringed instruments, to tune by stretching the strings:

ut in fidibus pluribus, si nulla earum ita contenta nervis sit, ut concentum servare possit,

Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. infra, P. a.—

Meton.

(Causa pro effectu.) Of weapons, to shoot, hurl, dart, throw:

infensam hastam,

Verg. A. 10, 521:

tela,

id. ib. 12, 815:

sagittas nervo,

Sil. 1, 323:

telum aërias in auras,

Verg. A. 5, 520. —

Of places, neutr., to stretch, reach, extend:

haec patulum vallis contendit in orbem,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 30:

Cappadocum gens usque ad Cyrresticam ejus regionem parte suā, quae vocatur Cataonia, contendit,

Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—

Trop. (freq. in prose and poetry); act., to strain eagerly, to stretch, exert, to direct one's mental powers to something, to pursue or strive for earnestly; or neutr., to exert one's self, to strive zealously for something, etc.

In gen.

With acc.:

magnum fortasse onus, verum tamen dignum, in quo omnis nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; cf.:

contendit omnis nervos Chrysippus, ut persuadeat, etc.,

id. Fat. 10, 21:

summas vires de palmā,

Lucr. 4, 990:

animum in curas,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 11:

quo se dira libido,

Lucr. 4, 1043:

tamen id sibi contendendum aut aliter non transducendum exercitum existimabat,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.:

id contendere et laborare, ne ea, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52: et petere imperium populi et contendere honores, Varr. ap. Non. p. 259, 32.—

With inf., to exert one's self vigorously to do something, to apply one's self with zeal to, to go to:

hunc locum duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 21:

summā vi transcendere in hostium naves,

id. ib. 3, 15:

fugā salutem petere,

id. ib. al.; Quint. 10, 1, 125:

neque ego nunc hoc contendo... mutare animum, sed, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38.—

Neutr.:

quantum coniti animo potes, quantum labore contendere... tantum fac ut efficias,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6.— With ut:

quántum potero voce contendam, ut populus hoc Romanus exaudiat,

Cic. Lig. 3, 6; so,

remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8 et saep.:

contende quaeso atque elabora, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42.— Absol.:

vociferarer et, quantum maxime possem, contenderem,

Cic. Fl. 16, 38 al.:

non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus (= collineare),

to aim at, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28.—

In partic.,

To direct or bend one's course eagerly somewhere; or, neutr., to strive to get to a place, to seek to arrive at, to go, march, or journey hastily to, etc.

With acc. (very rare):

rectā plateā cursum suum,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58:

nocte unā tantum itineris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.—

With inf. (freq.):

Bibracte ire,

Caes. B. G. 1, 23; so,

ire cum his legionibus,

id. ib. 1, 10:

in Britanniam proficisci,

id. ib. 4, 20:

in provinciam reverti,

id. ib. 3, 6 fin.:

Dyrrhachium petere,

Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf.:

proxima litora petere cursu,

Verg. A. 1, 158; and:

iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere,

Cic. Planc. 40, 96 Wund.—

Neutr. (so most freq.):

in Italiam magnis itineribus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10; cf.:

huc magnis itineribus,

id. ib. 1, 38 fin.:

huc magno cursu,

id. ib. 3, 19:

inde in Italiam,

id. ib. 1, 33:

in fines Sigambrorum,

id. ib. 4, 18:

in castra,

id. ib. 4, 37:

ex eo loco ad flumen,

id. ib. 2, 9:

ad Rhenum finesque Germanorum,

id. ib. 1, 27 fin.:

ad oppidum Noviodunum,

id. ib. 2, 12:

ad castra,

id. ib. 2, 19 fin.; 3, 24 fin.:

ad hostes,

id. ib. 5, 9:

ad Amanum,

Cic. Att. 5, 20, 3: Tarentum ad Heraclidem Ponticum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 260, 19:

Lacedaemonem,

Nep. Cim. 3, 3:

domum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24 fin. et saep.:

ad ultimum animo,

Cic. Mur. 31, 65; cf.:

magna spectare atque ad ea rectis studiis contendere,

id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

ad summam laudem gloriamque maximis laboribus et periculis,

id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

ad salutem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 3 fin. —

( Neutr.) To measure or try one's strength with, with weapons, by words, in action, etc.; to strive, dispute, fight, contend against, vie with; constr. with cum aliquo, contra or adversus aliquem, the dat., inter se, or absol.

Cum aliquo:

neque post id tempus umquam summis nobiscum copiis hostes contenderunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 17 fin.; 1, 36:

cum Sequanis bello,

id. ib. 7, 67 fin.:

cum eo armis,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:

cum magnis legionibus parvā manu,

Sall. C. 53, 3:

cum barbaro,

Nep. Con. 4, 3:

cum victore,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 42:

mecum ingenio et arte,

Prop. 2 (3), 24, 23 al.:

cum eo de principatu,

Nep. Arist. 1, 1; cf. id. Ages. 1, 4 al.:

divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industriā cum majoribus suis,

Sall. J. 4, 7:

humilitas cum dignitate et amplitudine,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136.—So with acc. of neutr. pron.:

tamenne vereris, ut possis haec contra Hortensium contendere?

Cic. Quint. 25, 78.—

Contra aliquem:

contra populum Romanum armis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

tauri pro vitulis contra leones summā vi impetuque contendunt,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

contra vim gravitatemque morbi,

id. Phil. 9, 7, 15:

nihil contra naturam universam,

id. Off. 1, 31, 110; Cat. 64, 101.—

Adversus aliquem: non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2.—

With dat. ( poet.):

hirundo cycnis,

Lucr. 3, 6:

Homero,

Prop. 1, 7, 3; 1, 14, 7:

Pindaricis plectris,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 101.—

Inter se:

hi cum tantopere de potentatu inter se multos annos contenderent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 4; 1, 5, 3:

viribus inter se,

Lucr. 3, 784.— Impers.:

interim proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur,

the contest was carried on, Caes. B. G. 2, 9.—

Absol.:

proelio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 50 fin.;

3, 28 al.: magis virtute quam dolo,

id. ib. 1, 13; Nep. Epam. 2, 5:

translatio non habet quaestionem, de quā contendit orator, sed propter quam contendit,

Quint. 3, 6, 72; cf. id. 6, 1, 50; 7, 9, 3 al.— Impers.:

summo jure contenditur,

Cic. Caecin. 23, 65:

de his lite contenditur,

Quint. 3, 4, 8:

de personis judicatur, sed de rebus contenditur,

id. 10, 5, 13.—

In auctions, to vie with in bidding, to bid against: is liceri non destitit;

illi quoad videbatur ferri aliquo modo posse, contenderunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 99.—

( Act.) To place together in comparison, to compare, contrast; constr. with cum, ad, the dat., or acc. only.

With cum: tuam iram contra cum ira Liberi, Naev. ap. Non. p. 259, 7; Caecil. ib. p. 259, 1:

id cum defensione nostrā,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93:

rationem meam cum tuā ratione,

id. N. D. 3, 4, 10; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.: suam vitam mecum, Licinius, Macer. ap. Non. p. 259, 3.—

With ad: ut vim contendas tuam ad majestatem viri, Att. ap. Non. p. 259, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 648 Rib.).—

With dat.: Thestiadas Ledae, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 258, 30:

vellera potantia Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; Aus. Grat. Act. 14 al.—

With [p. 447] acc. only: anulum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 258, 29:

ipsas causas, quae inter se confligunt,

Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

leges,

id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

suam quaeque nobilitatem, formam, opes,

Tac. A. 12, 1:

vetera et praesentia,

id. ib. 13, 3.—

( Act.) To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, to seek to gain:

cum a me peteret et summe contenderet, ut suum propinquum defenderem,

Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

verecundius a te, si quae magna res mihi petenda esset, contenderem,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; so,

ab aliquo,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; id. de Or. 1, 36, 166; id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4; id. Fam. 13, 7, 3; cf.:

a magistris de proferendo die,

id. ib. 12, 30, 5; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

ne quid contra aequitatem,

id. Off. 2, 20, 71:

omni opere, ut, etc.,

Suet. Dom. 2:

magno opere, ne, etc.,

id. Aug. 27; id. Vit. 3:

pertinaciter,

id. Caes. 1.—

( Act.) To assert, affirm earnestly, to maintain or contend energetically.

With acc. and inf.:

sic ego hoc contendo, me tibi ipsi adversario cujuscumque tribus rationem poposceris redditurum,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48; id. Sest. 50, 107; id. Arch. 7, 15:

apud eos contendit falsa esse delata,

Nep. Them. 7, 2; id. Epam. 8, 1:

illud pro me majoribusque meis contendere ausim, nihil nos... scientes fuisse,

Liv. 6, 40, 5; Quint. prooem. § 11; 1, 2, 25; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 6; Lucr. 5, 1343; Cat. 44, 4; Ov. M. 2, 855; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37 al.—

Absol. (very rare):

si manantia corpuscula iter claudunt, ut Asclepiades contendit,

Cels. 1, praef. § 28.—Hence, contentus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., stretched, strained, tense, tight:

qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 20:

acies oculorum,

Lucr. 1, 325; cf.:

contentis oculis prosequi aliquem,

Suet. Tib. 7:

contentis corporibus facilius feruntur onera (opp. remissa),

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

contentā cervice trahunt plaustra (boves),

Verg. G. 3, 536:

Placideiani contento poplite miror Proelia,

with the knee stiffly bent, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97.—

Trop., eager, intent:

contenta mens fuit in eā ratione,

Lucr. 4, 965; cf. Ov. M. 15, 515:

et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissā leniter,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

ad tribunatum contento studio cursuque veniamus,

id. Sest. 6, 13.— Sup.:

contentissimā voce clamitans,

App. M. 4, p. 147.— Adv.: con-tentē, earnestly, with great exertion, vehemently:

pro se dicere... mittere contentius,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; cf.:

acriter atque contente pro suis decretis propugnare,

Gell. 18, 1, 2:

contentissime clamitare, App. Flor. n. 8: contentius ambulare,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:

ornamentis iisdem uti fere licebit, alias contentius, alias summissius,

id. de Or. 3, 55, 212:

aliquid curiose atque contente lectitare,

Gell. 3, 3, 1.

di-stringo, nxi, ctum, 3, v. a.

To draw asunder, to stretch out (very rarely): radiis rotarum districti pendent, * Verg. A. 6, 616.— Poet.:

(canum) rabies districta,

i. e. showing the teeth, Lucr. 5, 1064; cf.:

acies dentium,

Amm. 14, 7, 13.—Far more freq., esp. since the Aug. per. (not in Caesar, and in Cicero only as P. a.),

(Like distineo, II.) To detain a person anywhere, to hinder, to occupy, engage:

Romanum a tergo,

Flor. 2, 13, 1:

urbem (i. e. Romanos) incendiis,

id. 4, 1, 2:

distringit quem multarum rerum varietas,

Phaedr. 4, 26, 3; cf. Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 239:

distringor officio,

id. Ep. 1, 10, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 15, 1; Quint. 12, 1, 5:

(Jovem) votis,

to molest, importune, Plin. Pan. 94, 2.—Esp. as milit. t. t., to make a diversion against an enemy, to distract the attention of:

Hannibalem mittendum in Africam esse ad distringendos Romanos,

Liv. 35, 18 fin.:

copias regias populatione maritimae orae,

id. 44, 35; cf.:

Scipionem oppugnatione plurium oppidorum,

Front. Strat. 1, 3, 5.—

To puzzle, confound:

ut distrinxi hominem,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 65 (Spengel, destrinxi).—

Transf., of abstract objects:

ut discordiam moveret, qua consensus Romanorum distringeretur,

would be hindered, disturbed, Front. Strat. 1, 8, 1 Oud. N. cr. —Hence, districtus, a, um, P. a.

(Qs. stretched tight, i. e.) Strict, severe (post-Aug.):

districtior accusator,

Tac. A. 4, 36 fin.:

feneratrix (opp. amica obsequens),

Val. Max. 8, 2, 2:

censura,

id. 2, 9, 6:

districtissimi defensores,

Cod. Just. 1, 55, 6.—

Divided in mind, at strife with one's self; hence, hesitating, vacillating:

districtus mihi videris esse, quod et bonus civis et bonus amicus es,

Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 3.—

More freq. and class., occupied, engaged, busy:

judicio districtus atque obligatus,

Cic. Verr. 1, 9; cf.

(vinculo mortali) alii alligati sunt, alii astricti, alii districti quoque,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 16 fin.:

ancipiti contentione,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 4, 9:

labore vita districta,

id. de Or. 3, 2, 7; Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; * Hor. S. 2, 8, 68; Nep. Hann. 13, 2; cf.:

imperium circa mala sua,

Flor. 4, 12, 1; and in the comp.:

numquam me a causis et judiciis districtiorem fuisse,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16.— Adv. acc. to A., strictly, severely.

districte ( des-):

minatus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 4:

deneganda,

Dig. 3, 3, 13.—

districtim:

innocens,

Sen. Contr. 7.—

Comp.:

districtius: repercutere,

Tert. Idol. 5:

vivere,

Hier. Ep. 22, no. 11.— Sup., Cassiod. Var. 9, 18.

prō-lixus, a, um, adj. [laxus], stretched far out, long, broad (syn.: latus, spatiosus).

Lit. (not in Cic.):

capillus passus prolixus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49 Umpfenb. (Fleck. prolixe):

comae,

Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 34:

barba,

Verg. E. 8, 34 (Forbig. promissa):

caudae (opp. breves),

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 3:

villi,

Col. 7, 3, 7:

arbores,

Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 5:

ramus,

Suet. Vesp. 5:

cervix,

Col. 7, 3, 7:

statura,

id. 1, 9, 3; cf.:

prolixo corpore erat,

Suet. Claud. 30:

tunicae,

Gell. 7, 12. — Comp.:

arator prolixior,

taller, stouter, Col. 1, 9, 3:

prolixiora quaedam nascuntur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 4.—

Trop.

In gen., long, extended (ante- and postclass.):

prolixae aetatis homines,

i. e. of great age, Dig. 50, 6, 5 fin.; cf.:

prolixioris temporis spatium,

ib. 49, 14, 45:

non tam prolixo provolat ictu,

far-reaching, distant, Lucr. 4, 1245:

si cognitio prolixiorem tractatum habeat,

Dig. 33, 1, 13.— Sup.:

labor (with largus),

Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 57 Mai.— Neutr. adverb.:

prolixum ejulare,

greatly, violently, App. M. 8, p. 205, 15. —

In partic.

in speech, prolix (post-class.):

cujus exemplum, ne sim prolixus, omisi,

Macr. S. 3, 7 fin. —

Comprehensive in meaning (post-class.):

existimo longe esse amplius, prolixius, fusius in significandā totius prope civitatis multitudine mortales quam homines dixisse,

Gell. 13, 28, 3 —

Of circumstances, favorable, fortunate (class.): rebus secundis atque prolixis atque prosperis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14:

cetera spero prolixa esse his duntaxat,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2.—

Of disposition and conduct, well-disposed, obliging, courteous (Ciceron.):

prolixa beneficaque natura,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8:

animus libens et prolixus,

id. Att. 16, 16, C, 4:

Ariobarzanes in Pompeium prolixior,

id. ib. 6, 3, 5.—Hence, adv.: prō-lixē, largely, abundantly, copiously (class.):

capillus passus prolixe et circum caput Rejectus neglegenter,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49 Fleck. (Umpfenb. passus prolixus):

prolixe cumulateque facere aliquid,

Cic. Fl. 36, 89:

prolixe et celeriter facere aliquid,

id. Att. 16, 16, A, §

6: prolixe fuseque laudare,

Gell. 5, 1, 2:

promittere,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

in quo (delectu) parum prolixe respondent Campani coloni,

do not announce themselves in very great numbers, id. Att. 7, 14, 2:

arbores prolixe foliatae,

App. M. 4, p. 143, 15.— Comp.:

largius prolixiusque fruere,

Gell. 1, 22, 10:

fabulari,

id. 12, 1, 4:

accipit hominem prolixius,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 52:

fovere aliquem,

Suet. Tit. 7; cf.:

et factus in agoniā, prolixius orabat,

more earnestly, Vulg. Luc. 22, 44.