strive+after

ăd-hinnĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. n., to neigh to or after.

Lit., constr. with dat. and acc., also ad and in with acc.:

fortis equus visae semper adhinnit equae,

Ov. Rem. Am. 634; cf. id. A. A. 1, 208; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 95.—Hence, of lewd persons, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Mai. p. 19; Prud. ap. Symm. 1, 57:

aliquem,

August. de Mor. Manich. 2, 19:

in aliquam,

Arn. 4, p. 135: so,

ad aliquam,

Vulg. Jer. 5, 8 al. —

Fig., to strive after or long for with voluptuous desire: admissarius iste ad illius orationem adhinnivit, gave his passionate assent to, expressed his delight in, etc., Cic. Pis. 28, 69:

virginis delicatas voculas,

App. M. 6, p. 185.

in-sĕquor, cūtus (quūtus), 3, v. dep. n. and a., to follow, to follow after or upon a person or thing (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

proximus huic, longo sed proximus intervallo Insequitur Salius,

Verg. A. 5, 321:

fugientem lumine pinum,

with her eyes follows the flying ship, Ov. M. 11, 468.—

In partic., to pursue, follow up, press upon: [p. 964] gens eadem quae te bello Insequitur, Verg. A. 8, 146:

hostem,

Curt. 4, 9, 13; 7, 9, 13; Suet. Claud. 1:

ad hostem insequendum,

Liv. 26, 6, 7:

reliquias Troiae cineres atque ossa peremptae,

Verg. A. 5, 786:

aliquem gladio stricto,

Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21; so Caes. B. G. 1, 15; 1, 23 fin. al.—

Of time, to follow, succeed (in verb. fin. rare; cf. P. a. infra):

hunc proximo saeculo Themistocles insecutus est,

Cic. Brut. 10, 41; Quint. 3, 1, 8.—

Trop.

In gen.:

improborum facta suspicie insequitur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50. —

In partic.

To strive after, endeavor:

nec vero te rhetoricis quibusdam libris insequor, ut erudiam,

Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10.—

To proceed:

pergam atque insequar longius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51.— Poet. with inf.:

rursus et alterius lentum convellere vimen Insequor,

Verg. A. 3, 32.—

To overtake:

at mors insecuta est Gracchum,

Cic. Div. 2, 29, 62. —

To pursue in a hostile manner with words, to censure, reproach, etc.:

homines benevolos contumeliā,

Cic. Att. 14, 14, 5:

irridendo,

id. Sest. 11, 25:

clamore ac minis,

id. Clu. 8, 24:

turpitudinem vitae,

Cic. Sull. 29, 81:

dissimiles,

Plin. Pan. 53, 2.—

Of order or succession, to follow, come next:

postremam litteram detrahebant, nisi vocalis insequebatur,

Cic. Or. 48, 161:

praesagium insequentis casus,

Suet. Galb. 6.—Hence, insĕquens, entis, P. a., of time, following:

annus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 10; Liv. 2, 18, 1:

diei insequentis pars,

id. 26, 14, 5:

nocte insequenti,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 23, 1:

anno,

Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 259:

tempore,

Vell. 1, 6:

insequentium aetatum principes,

Suet. Aug. 31.—

Of logical order:

ex prioribus geometria probat insequentia,

Quint. 1, 10, 37; cf. id. 8, 4, 17 al. —

* Adv.: insĕquenter, i. q. protinus, deinceps, thereupon, immediately, Non. 376, 19.

pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 ( perf. petīt, Verg. A. 9, 9;

Ov F. 1, 109: petisti,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; Verg. A. 4, 100; 12, 359:

petistis,

Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22:

petissem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 55, 145; Ov. M. 5, 26; Liv. 30, 25, 2:

petisse,

Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; Ov. [p. 1365] M. 9, 623; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 516 sq.), v. a. [Sanscr. root pat-, to fall upon, fly, find; Gr. pet- in piptô (pi-petô), to fall; cf. Lat. impetus and in petomai, to fly; cf. Lat. penna, acci-pit-er, etc.; the root of piptô, and therefore orig. to fall, fall upon; hence, to endeavor to reach or attain any thing].

To fall upon any thing.

Lit.

In a hostile sense, to rush at, attack, assault, assail; to let fly at, aim a blow at, thrust at, etc. (class.; cf.:

invado, aggredior): gladiatores et vitando caute, et petendo vehementer,

Cic. Or. 68, 228:

cujus latus mucro ille petebat,

id. Lig. 3, 9:

non latus aut ventrem, sed caput et collum petere,

to thrust at, id. Mur. 26, 52:

aliquem spiculo infeste,

Liv. 2, 20:

aliquem mālo,

to throw an apple at any one, Verg. E. 3, 64:

alicui ungue genas,

Ov. A. A. 2, 452:

aliquem saxis, id. de Nuce, 2: aprum jaculis,

Suet. Tib. 72:

aëra disco,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 13:

bello Penatìs,

Verg. A. 3, 603:

armis patriam,

Vell. 2, 68, 3.—

Without the notion of hostility: petere collum alicujus amplexu, to fall upon one's neck, to embrace one, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124.—Esp. freq., to seek, to direct one's course to, to go or repair to, to make for, travel to a place:

grues loca calidiora petentes,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

Cyzicum,

id. Fam. 14, 4, 3:

Dyrrhachium,

id. Planc. 41, 97:

naves,

to seek, take refuge in their ships, Nep. Milt. 5, 5:

caelum pennis,

to fly, Ov. F. 3, 457:

Graiis Phasi petite viris,

visited by the Greeks, id. P. 4, 10, 52:

Metellus Postumium ad bellum gerendum Africam petentem,... urbem egredi passus non est,

attempting to go, starting, Val. Max. 1, 1, 2.— Transf., of things, to proceed or go towards:

campum petit amnis,

Verg. G. 3, 522:

mons petit astra,

towers toward the stars, Ov. M. 1, 316: aliquem, to seek, go to a person:

reginam,

Verg. A. 1, 717:

ut te supplex peterem, et tua limina adirem,

id. ib. 6, 115: aliquid in locum or ad aliquem, to go to a place or person for something, to go in quest of, go to fetch:

visum est tanti in extremam Italiam petere Brundisium ostreas,

to go to Brundisium for oysters, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169:

myrrham ad Troglodytas,

id. 12, 15, 33, § 66:

harena ad Aethiopas usque petitur,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

collis, in quem vimina petebantur,

id. 16, 10, 15, § 37:

quaeque trans maria petimus,

fetch, id. 19, 4, 19, §§ 58, 52.—

Trop.

To attack, assail one with any thing (class.):

aiiquem epistulā,

Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:

aliquem fraude et insidiis,

Liv. 40, 55:

aliquem falsis criminibus,

Tac. A. 4, 31.—

To demand, seek, require (cf. posco).

In gen.:

ita petit asparagus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23:

ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

aliquem in vincula,

Quint. 7, 1, 55:

aliquem ad supplicium,

id. 7, 6, 6: poenas ab aliquo, to seek satisfaction from or revenge one's self on any one. ut poenas ab optimo quoque peteret sui doloris, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7:

ut merito ab eā poenas liberi sui petere debuerint,

Quint. 3, 11, 12.—

In partic.

To demand or claim at law, to bring an action to recover, to sue for any thing (syn.:

postulo): causam dicere Prius unde petitur... Quam ille qui petit,

Ter. Eun. prol. 11:

qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit,

Cic. Rosc Com. 18, 53: aliquando cum servis Habiti furti egit;

nuper ab ipso Habito petere coepit,

id. Clu. 59, 163:

qui non calumniā litium alienos fundos, sed castris, exercitu, signis inferendis petebat,

id. Mil. 27, 74.—

To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat (syn.: rogo, flagito, obsecro); constr with ab and abl. of pers. (cf. infra); ante- and postclass., with acc. of pers.:

vos volo, vos peto atque obsecro,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 60; freq. with ut:

a te etiam atque etiam peto atque contendo, ut, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5:

peto quaesoque, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 4, 2:

peto igitur a te, vel, si pateris, oro, ut,

id. ib. 9, 13, 3:

petere in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut,

id. Verr 2, 3, 82, § 189:

petere precibus per litteras ab aliquo, ut,

id. Sull. 19, 55:

pacem ab aliquo,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

opem ab aliquo,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5:

vitam nocenti,

Tac. A. 2, 31:

petito, ut intrare urbem liceret,

Just. 43, 5, 6.—Also, with id or illud, and ut, etc.: illud autem te peto, ut, etc., Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2.—With obj.-clause (mostly poet.):

arma umeris arcumque animosa petebat Ferre,

Stat. Achill. 1, 352; cf.: cum peteret (solum) donari quasi proprio suo deo, Suet. Aug. 5: petit aes sibi dari eis artous, Gell. 9, 2, 1.—De aliquo (for ab aliquo), to beg or request of one (post-class.):

si de me petisses, ut, etc.,

Dig. 13, 6, 5.—Ab aliquo aliquid alicui, to beg a thing of one person for another (class.):

M. Curtio tribunatum a Caesare petivi,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 3: ab aliquo pro aliquo petere, to intercede for:

in eorum studiis, qui a te pro Ligario petunt,

Cic. Lig. 10, 31.—With ex and abl. pers. (v. infra d.):

eum petit litteris, ut ad Britanniam proficisceretur,

Capitol. Pertin. 3, 5; Eutr. 2, 24.—Hence, pĕtītum, i, n., a prayer, desire, request, entreaty, Cat. 68, 39.—

Polit. t. t., to apply or solicit for an office, to be a candidate for office (different from ambire, to go about among the people to collect their votes, to canvass, which took place after the petitio):

nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2:

consulatum,

id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

praeturam,

id. Verr. 1, 8, 23; Liv. 1, 35.—

To solicit a person, to seek to possess, to woo:

libidine sic accensa (Sempronia) ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur,

Sall. C. 25, 3:

cum te tam multi peterent, tu me una petisti,

Prop. 3, 13, 27:

formosam quisque petit,

id. 3, 32, 4:

multi illam petiere,

Ov. M. 1, 478; cf.: quae tuus Vir petet, cave, ne neges;

Ne petitum aliunde eat,

Cat. 61, 151.—

To endeavor to obtain or pursue, to seek, strive after any thing, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 40:

fugā salutem petere,

Nep. Hann. 11, 4:

praedam pedibus,

Ov. M. 1, 534:

gloriam,

Sall. C. 54, 5:

eloquentiae principatum,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

sanguinis profusio vel fortuita vel petita,

intentional, designed, produced by artificial means, Cels. 2, 8.—With inf.:

bene vivere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29:

victricemque petunt dextrae conjungere dextram,

Ov. M. 8, 421; 14, 571:

conubiis natam sociare Latinis,

Verg. A. 7, 96:

aliquem transfigere ferro,

Mart. 5, 51, 3.—With ex and abl., over, in the case of:

ex hostibus victoriam petere,

Liv. 8, 33, 13:

supplicium ex se, non victoriam peti,

id. 28, 19, 11:

imperium ex victis hostibus populum Romanum petere,

id. 30, 16, 7.—

To fetch any thing:

qui argentum petit,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 53:

cibum e flammā,

Ter. Eun, 3, 2, 38:

altius initium rei demonstrandae,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 10:

aliquid a Graecis,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

a litteris exiguam doloris oblivionem,

to obtain, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4:

suspirium alte,

to fetch a deep sigh, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 57; cf.:

latere petitus imo spiritus,

Hor. Epod. 11, 10; and:

gemitus alto de corde petiti,

Ov. M. 2, 622:

haec ex veteri memoriā petita,

Tac. H. 3, 5, 1.—

To take, betake one's self to any thing:

iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere contendi,

Cic. Planc. 40, 96:

diversas vias,

Val. Fl. 1, 91:

alium cursum,

to take another route, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2:

aliam in partem petebant fugam,

betook themselves to flight, fled, Caes. B. G. 2, 24.—

To refer to, relate to ( poet.):

Trojanos haec monstra petunt,

Verg. A. 9, 128.

* * *

* * *

to demand, require / desire, strive after, make for.

to fall upon.

to ask for, beg, request, demand / to sue for.

to make for, go to, seek, strive after.

ad-mīror, ātus, 1, v. dep., to wonder at, to be astonished at, to regard with admiration, to admire, to be in a state of mind in which something pleases us by its extraordinary greatness, its sublimity, or perfection; while mirari signifies to be surprised at, to have the feeling of the new, singular, unusual.

In gen.:

quorum ego copiam non modo non contemno, sed etiam vehementer admiror,

Cic. de Or. 1, 51:

ingenium tuum, Crasse, vehementer admirans,

id. ib. 1, 20 fin.:

res gestas,

id. Brut. 94, 323:

quem et admiror et diligo,

id. Ac. 2, 36; so id. Scaur. 1, 4:

magnitudinem animi,

id. Fam. 1, 7; Nep. Dion. 2; id. Alcib. 11:

illum,

Verg. G. 4, 215 (cf. mirari in Hor. C. 4, 14, 43, and the Gr. thaumazein, Eurip. Med. 1144).—

Esp.

To gaze at passionately, to strive after a thing from admiration of it, to desire to obtain it:

nihil hominem nisi quod honestum decorumque sit, aut admirari aut optare aut expetere oportere,

Cic. Off. 1, 20: nil admirari prope res est una, Numici, Solaque quae possit facere et servare beatum, not to be brought by any thing into an impassioned state of mind, or into a state of desire or longing (as in the Gr. mê thaumazein;

acc. to Pythagoras the limit of all philos. effort),

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 1.—

More freq., to fall into a state of wonder or astonishment at a thing, to wonder at, be astonished at. —Constr. with acc., acc. with inf., de, super aliquam rem, with a relat. clause, quod, cur, etc.:

quid admirati estis?

why are you so surprised? Plaut. Am. prol. 99:

admiratus sum brevitatem epistulae,

Cic. Att. 6, 9:

hoc maxime admiratus sum, mentionem te hereditatum ausum esse facere,

id. Phil. 2, 16 fin.; so Nep. Alcib. 1; id. Epam. 6, 3:

de diplomate admiraris, quasi, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 17:

de Dionysio sum admiratus, qui, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 12; so id. Mur. 19:

super quae admiratus pater,

Vulg. Tob. 5, 10; ib. Act. 13, 12:

cave quidquam admiratus sis, quā causā id fiat,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 22:

admirantium, unde hoc studium exstitisset,

Cic. N. D. 1, 3:

admiratur quidnam Vettius dicturus sit,

id. Verr. 3, 167:

admiror, quo pacto, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 99:

admiratus sum, quod, etc.,

Cic. Att. 6, 9:

ne quis sit admiratus, cur, etc.,

id. Off. 2, 10, 35.

► Pass.: Propter venustatem vestimentorum admirari, to be admired, Canutius ap. Prisc. 792 P.— Part. fut. pass.: admīrandus, a, um, to be admired; admirable, wonderful:

suspicienda et admiranda,

Cic. Div. 2, 72, 148:

quo magis pravitas eorum admiranda est,

Sall. J. 2, 4. —Hence also adj., = admirabilis:

patiens admirandum in modum,

Nep. Ep. 3: exposuit quae in Italia viderentur admiranda, id. Cat. fin.:

admiranda spectacula,

Verg. G. 4, 3:

vir subtilis et in plurimis admirandus,

Quint. 3, 11, 22.— Comp. and adv. not used.— Sup. is found in Salv. Ep. 8: admirandissimi juvenes; cf. Barth, Adv. 35, 9.

aemŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [aemulus], to rival, to endeavor to equal or to excel one, to emulate, vie with, in a good and bad sense; hence (as a consequence of this action). to equal one by emulating.

In a good sense, constr. with acc., v. II.:

quoniam aemulari non licet, nunc invides,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 26:

omnes ejus instituta laudare facilius possunt quam aemulari,

Cic. Fl. 26; Nep. Epam. 5; Liv. 1, 18; cf. Tac. H. 3, 81: Pindarum quisquis studet aemulari, * Hor. C. 4, 2, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 62:

severitatem alicujus,

Tac. H. 2, 68:

virtutes majorum,

id. Agr. 15 et saep.— Transf. of things:

Basilicae uvae Albanum vinum aemulantur,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 30.—Prov.:

aemulari umbras,

to fight shadows, Prop. 3, 32, 19 (cf. Cic. Att. 15, 20: qui umbras timet).—

In a bad sense, to strive after or vie with enviously, to be envious of, be jealous of, zêlotupein; constr. with dat., while in the first signif. down to Quint. with acc.; v. Spald. ad Quint. 10, 1, 122;

Rudd. II. p. 151: iis aemulemur, qui ea habent, quae nos habere cupimus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19; cf. 4, 26; Just. 6, 9.—Also with cum:

ne mecum aemuletur,

Liv. 28, 43:

inter se,

Tac. H. 2, 81.—With inf.:

aemulabantur corruptissimum quemque pretio inlicere,

Tac. H. 2, 62.—Hence, * aemŭlanter, adv., emulously, Tert. c. Haer. 40.

ănhēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [2. anand halo].

Pr., to move about for breath; hence, to draw the breath with great difficulty, to pant, puff, gasp, etc.:

anhelat inconstanter,

Lucr. 3, 490:

cum languida anhelant,

id. 4, 864: * Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 25: anhelans ex imis pulmonibus prae curā spiritus ducebatur, Auct. ad Her. 4, 33:

anhelans Colla fovet,

Verg. A. 10, 837; 5, 254 al.:

nullus anhelabat sub adunco vomere taurus,

Ov. F. 2, 295:

sudare atque anhelare,

Col. 2, 3, 2.— In gen., to breathe (cf. anhelitus, II.), Prud. Apoth. 919.—

Metaph., of fire:

fornacibus ignis anhelat,

roars, Verg. A. 8, 421.—Of the earth:

subter anhelat humus,

heaves, Stat. S. 1, 1, 56.—Of the foaming of the sea, Sil. 9, 286.— Trop., of poverty panting for something:

anhelans inopia,

Just. 9, 1, 6.—

Verb. act., to breathe out, to emit by breathing, breathe forth, exhale:

nolo verba exiliter exanimata exire, nolo inflata et quasi anhelata gravius,

Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 38: de pectore frigus anhelans Capricornus, vet. poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 44:

anhelati ignes,

Ov. F. 4, 492; so id. H. 12, 15:

rabiem anhelare,

Luc. 6, 92:

anhelatis exsurgens ictibus alnus,

the strokes of the oars made with panting, Sil. 14, 379.— Trop., to pursue, pant for, strive after something with eagerness:

Catilinam furentem audaciā, scelus anhelantem,

breathing out wickedness, Cic. Cat. 2, 1: anhelans ex imo pectore crudelitatem, Auct. ad Her. 4, 55.

II. p. 564, regard the prefix of this word as the Gr. ana; hence, pr. to draw up the breath; cf. antestor.