sub-quartus

con-tĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. and n. [teneo].

Act., to hold or keep together.

In gen. (rare).

Lit. (syn.:

coërceo, conjungo): contine quaeso caput,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 26:

quod omnem continet amplexu terram,

Lucr. 5, 319; cf.:

mundus omnia conplexu suo coërcet et continet,

Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58:

vitem levi nodo,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187:

magni refert primordia saepe cum quibus... contineantur,

Lucr. 1, 818; 1, 908; 2, 761;

2, 1008: pars oppidi, mari dijuncta angusto, ponte adjungitur et continetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117.—

Of places, to bound, limit, enclose (very rare in act.):

reliquum spatium mons continet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

Oceanus ponto qua continet orbem,

Tib. 4, 1, 147; but more freq. in pass., to be comprised, enclosed, surrounded, encompassed, environed by:

qui vicus altissimis montibus undique continetur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1; so,

undique loci naturā Helvetii,

id. ib. 1, 2:

mare montibus angustis,

id. ib. 4, 23:

una pars Galliae Garumnā flumine, Oceano, finibus Belgarum,

id. ib. 1, 1.—

Trop.:

omnes artes quasi cognatione quādam inter se continentur,

hang together, Cic. Arch. 1, 2.—Far more freq. in all periods and species of composition.,

With partic. access. ideas.

With the access. idea of firmness, quiet, permanence, etc., to hold or keep together, to keep, hold fast, preserve, retain (syn. servo).

Lit.:

(alvus) arcet et continet... quod recepit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136:

merces (opp. partiri),

id. Vatin. 5, 12; cf.

exercitum (opp. dividere),

Liv. 28, 2, 16:

arida continent odorem diutius,

Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 39.—

Trop.:

nec ulla res vehementius rem publicam continet quam fides,

Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84:

Remos reliquosque Belgas in officio,

Caes. B. G. 3, 11:

in officio Dumnorigem,

id. ib. 5, 7:

te in exercitatione,

Cic. Fam. 7, 19 fin.:

te in tuis perenuibus studiis,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

ceteros in armis (plaga),

Liv. 9, 41, 15:

alicujus hospitio,

Nep. Lys. 1, 5.—

With the access. idea of hindering, preventing motion, to keep, keep still, detain, restrain, repress, enclose.

Lit.: milites [p. 449] sub pellibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 29; cf.:

pecudem sub tecto,

Col. 7, 10, 3:

exercitum castris,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 2, 11; Liv. 31, 26, 6; 28, 9, 14 al.; cf.:

nostros in castris (tempestates),

Caes. B. G. 4, 34; 6, 36; and:

copias in castris,

id. B. C. 1, 66; 3, 30; Auct. B. Afr. 1; 7; Liv. 36, 17, 9:

Pompeium quam angustissime,

Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

aliquem limine,

Liv. 34, 1, 5:

ora frenis,

Phaedr. 3, 6, 7:

ventos carcere,

Ov. M. 11, 432:

animam in dicendo,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261 et saep.:

se ruri,

to stay, remain, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 17; cf.:

se domi,

Suet. Caes. 81:

suo se loco,

Caes. B. G. 4, 34:

oppido sese,

id. ib. 2, 30:

castris se continere,

id. B. C. 3, 37:

se vallo,

id. B. G. 5, 44:

se finibus Romanis,

Liv. 39, 17, 4; 34, 58, 3:

moenibus sese,

id. 42, 7, 4:

agrorum suorum terminis se,

id. 38, 40, 2:

se moenibus,

Ov. M. 13, 208:

sese intra silvas,

Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

suos intra munitionem,

id. ib. 5, 57;

5, 58: milites intra castrorum vallum,

id. B. C. 3, 76; Liv. 31, 34, 9;

Auct. B. Afr. 24: intra castra militem,

Tac. H. 4, 19:

praesidibus provinciarum propagavit imperium, ut a peritis et assuetis socii continerentur,

Suet. Aug. 23 et saep.:

an te auspicium commoratum est? an tempestas continet?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 67.—

Trop., to hold back, detain, repress, hold in check, curb, check, stay, stop, tame, subdue, etc. (syn. cohibeo):

adpetitiones animi,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 22:

omnis cupiditates,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32:

modeste insolentiam suam,

id. Agr. 1, 6, 18:

risum,

id. Fin. 4, 25, 71 et saep.:

formido mortales omnes,

Lucr. 1, 151:

Etruriam non tam armis quam judiciorum terrore,

Liv. 29, 36, 10:

oppida magis metu quam fide,

id. 30, 20, 5; cf.:

quosdam continet metus,

Quint. 1, 3, 6:

solo metu,

id. 12, 7, 2 et saep.:

animum a consuetā libidine,

Sall. J. 15, 3:

temeritatem ab omni lapsu (with cohibere),

Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 45:

suos a proelio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15:

manum juventus Metu deorum,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 37 al.:

se ab adsentiendo,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104; so,

se ab exemplis,

id. Fin. 2, 19, 62:

temperans, qui se in aliquā libidine continuerit,

id. Par. 3, 1, 21:

se male continet amens,

Ov. M. 4, 351:

male me, quin vera faterer, Continui,

id. ib. 7, 729:

nequeo continere quin loquar,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 28.—

Mid.: contineri, quin complectar, non queo,

restrain myself, refrain, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 128; cf.:

vix me contineo, quin, etc.,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 20:

jam nequeo contineri,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 60; cf.:

vix contineor,

Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 9:

quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo optime,

keep it to myself, conceal it, id. Eun. 1, 2, 23:

ea quae continet, neque adhuc protulit, explicet nobis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 206:

dicta,

id. ib. 2, 55, 222.—

With the access. idea of containing, to comprise, contain, involve, comprehend something in itself (syn. complector):

(aqua gelum) quod continet in se, mittit,

Lucr. 6, 877; cf.:

ut omnia, quae aluntur et crescunt, contineant in se vim caloris,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23; so,

in se,

Quint. 1, 6, 31; 2, 10, 2:

Quattuor aeternus genitalia corpora mundus Continet,

Ov. M. 15, 240:

rem militarem,

Liv. 5, 52, 16:

panis innumeras paene continet medicinas,

Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 138:

(linea) centum continet (pedes),

Quint. 1, 10, 44:

Idus Martiae magnum mendum continent,

Cic. Att. 14, 22, 2:

paucas species (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 18:

tales res, quales hic liber continet,

Cic. Or. 43, 148; Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1:

narrationes, quae summam criminis contineant,

Quint. 4, 2, 10:

fabula stultorum regum et populorum continet aestus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

liber primus ea continebit, quae, etc., Quint. prooem. § 21: tertia epistula continebat, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 5.—With subj.-clause:

quando ipsos loqui deceat, quartus liber continet,

Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Esp. freq.,

In pass.: contineri aliquā re, to be contained in something, be composed of, consist of or in, to rest upon, to be supported by, etc.:

terreno corpore,

Lucr. 1, 1085:

non venis et nervis et ossibus continentur (dii),

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

artem negabat esse ullam, nisi quae cognitis penitusque perspectis... rebus contineretur,

id. de Or. 1, 20, 92:

forma honestatis, quae tota quattuor his virtutibus... continetur,

id. Fin. 2, 15, 48:

versus paucis (pedibus) continetur,

Quint. 9, 4, 60: quae philosophorum libris continentur, id. prooem. § 11; cf. id. 5, 10, 111 et saep.: artes, quae conjecturā continentur et sunt opinabiles, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

foedere,

Liv. 41, 23, 9:

actu,

Quint. 2, 18, 5; 12, 9, 1; 3, 7, 28.—Rarely with in and abl.:

forum, in quo omnis aequitas continetur,

Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2; cf.:

quibus (legibus) in singulis civitatibus res publica continetur,

id. Off. 3, 5, 23.—

Neutr., to hold together in itself, to hang together (in the verb. finit. very rare; but freq. as P. a.; cf. also the deriv. continuus):

per hortum utroque commeatus continet,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 43.—Hence,

contĭnens, entis, P. a.

(Acc. to II.) Holding or hanging together (freq. and class.).

Bordering upon, neighboring, contiguous, lying near, adjacent (syn.: junctus, adjunctus, contiguus); constr. with dat., cum, or absol.

Prop.:

aër mari,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 117:

continentia atque adjuncta praedia huic fundo,

id. Caecin. 4, 11:

(mare) dissimile est proximo ei continenti,

id. Ac. 2, 33, 105 al.:

Cappadociae pars ea, quae cum Cilicià continens est,

id. Fam. 15, 2, 2:

(Morini) continentes silvas ac paludes habebant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 28; cf. so absol.:

parum locuples continente ripā,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 22; cf.:

pars eorum, qui propiores erant continenti litori,

Liv. 44, 28, 12.— Subst.: contĭnentĭa, ĭum, n. (sc. loca), adjoining places, the neighborhood:

Cherronesum et continentia usque Atho montem,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 215 al.:

urbis,

the suburbs, Dig. 50, 16, 147.—

Trop., in time, following, next:

continentibus diebus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84;

and of other abstract things: motus sensui junctus et continens,

Cic. N. D. 1, 11, 26:

timori perpetuo ipsum malum continens fuit,

followed at its heels, Liv. 5, 39, 8.—

Holding together, cohering in itself, connected, continuous, uninterrupted.

Prop.:

continens agmen migrantium,

Liv. 1, 29, 4:

agmen,

id. 2, 50, 7; 8, 8, 13 al.:

ruinae,

id. 21, 8, 5; terra, the mainland, continent, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 100 P.; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 274, 6; Nep. Them. 3, 2; and in the same sense far more freq. subst.: contĭnens, entis, f. (rarely masc., Curt. 4, 2, 1 Zumpt, dub.; abl. in e and i equally used;

v. the 4th and 5th books of Caes. B. G.),

Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 4, 28; 4, 31; 4, 36 bis et saep.; Nep. Milt. 7, 3; Liv. 35, 43, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 34, § 128; Suet Aug. 65; id. Tib. 40 et saep.—

Trop., in time, continual, consecutive, uninterrupted:

labor omnium dierum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 63; Liv. 42, 54, 3:

bella,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

imperium usque ad nos,

Liv. 7, 30, 8:

imber per noctem totam,

id. 23, 44, 6:

biduo,

Suet. Calig. 19:

febres sine intermissione,

Cels. 3, 5 fin.:

e continenti genere,

in continuous descent, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61:

spiritus,

id. de Or. 3, 57, 216 et saep.: ex continenti (sc. tempore), instantly, immediately, = continuo, statim, Just. 1, 9; so,

in continenti,

Dig. 44, 5, 1.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2. b.) That restrains his passions, continent, moderate, temperate, enkratês (rare, but in good prose):

continentior in vitā hominum quam in pecuniā,

Caes. B. C. 1, 23:

cum reges tam sint continentes, multo magis consularis esse oportere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1:

puer,

id. Att. 6, 6, 3:

Epaminondas,

Nep. Epam. 3, 2 al. — Sup., Cic. Par. 1, 1, 7; Suet. Aug. 71.—

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) In rhet., subst.: contĭnens, entis, n., that on which something rests or depends, the chief point, hinge:

causae,

Cic. Part. Or. 29, 103; id. Top. 25, 95:

intuendum videtur, quid sit quaestio, ratio, judicatio, continens, vel ut alii vocant, firmamentum,

Quint. 3, 11, 1; cf. id. ib. § 18 sqq.— Adv.: contĭnen-ter.

(Acc. to A. 2.)

In space, in unbroken succession, in a row. continenter sedetis, Cat. 37, 6.—More freq. and class.,

In time, continuously, without interruption:

totā nocte ierunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

jam amplius horis sex pugnaretur,

id. ib. 3, 5:

biduum lapidibus pluit,

Liv. 25, 7, 7:

usque ad ipsum negotium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 37:

ferri imagines,

id. N. D. 1, 39, 109.—

(Acc. to B.) Temperately, moderately (rare):

vivere,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; in sup.:

vivere,

Aug. Ep. 199; id. Conf. 6, 12.—Hence also,

contentus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 2. b.); medial., satisfying one's self with, contented, satisfied, content (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. in gen. with the abl.; more rarely absol.; after the Aug. per. very freq. with the inf.

With abl.: his versibus, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 264, 3:

suis rebus,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 51:

paucis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 16:

illā (sorte),

id. ib. 1, 1, 3:

viverem uti contentus eo quod mī ipse parasset,

id. ib. 1, 4, 108; cf. Suet. Aug. 82:

solā Dianā,

Verg. A. 11, 582.—

Absol.:

cum ipsum audires sine comparatione, non modo contentus esses, sed melius non quaereres,

Cic. Brut. 35, 134; so comp., Plaut. Poen. 2, 15.—

With inf.:

indagare,

Ov. M. 1, 461:

edidicisse,

id. ib. 2, 638:

retinere titulum provinciae,

Vell. 2, 49:

hostes sustinuisse,

id. 2, 112:

indicare,

Quint. 4, 2, 128:

ostendere,

id. 5, 10, 31:

id consequi, quod imiteris,

id. 10, 2, 7 et saep.— Adv.: contentē (ante-and post-class., and rare), in a restrained manner, closely:

arte contenteque habere aliquem,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63:

parce contenteque vivere,

Pacat. Pan. Theod. 13.

vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4 ( fut. venibo, Pompon. ap. Non. 508, 23; imperf. venibat, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 47; gen. plur, part. sync. venientum, Verg. G. 4, 167; id. A. 1, 434; 6, 755), v. n. [Sanscr. root gā, go; Zend root gā, gam, go; Gr. BA-, bainô; Lat. ar-biter, venio; Goth. quiman; O. H. Germ. quëman, koman; Engl. come; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 466], to come (cf. accedo).

Lit.:

nunc, cujus jussu venio et quam ob rem venerim, Dicam, etc.,

Plaut. Am. prol. 17:

veni, vidi, vici,

Suet. Caes. 37: imus, venimus, videmus. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 53:

maritimus hostis ante adesse potest quam quisquam venturum esse suspicari queat, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 6:

venio ad macellum,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 3:

ut veni ad urbem, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

cupio, te ad me venire,

id. ib. 16, 10, 1; Plaut. As. 2, 4, 2:

mihi si spatium fuerit in Tusculanum veniendi,

Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 3:

Cato... cum venerat ad se in Sabinos,

had come home, id. Rep. 3, 28, 40:

quia nudius quartus venimus in Cariam ex Indiā,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 68:

sexto die Delum Athenis venimus,

Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1:

Italiam fato profugus, Laviniaque venit Litora,

Verg. A. 1, 2:

tumulum antiquae Cereris sedemque sacratam Venimus,

id. ib. 2, 743 (cf. devenio):

vin' ad te ad cenam veniam,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 30:

mercator venit huc ad ludos,

id. Cist. 1, 3, 9:

homo ad praetorem deplorabundus venit,

id. Aul. 2, 4, 38:

neque ego te derisum venio neque derideo,

id. ib. 2, 2, 46:

ad istum emptum venerunt illum locum senatorium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 124.—With inf.:

parasitus modo venerat aurum petere,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 18:

non nos Libycos populare penates Venimus,

Verg. A. 1, 528.—

Of inanimate subjects: navis huc ex portu Persico Venit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 249:

denique in os salsi venit umor saepe saporis, Cum mare vorsamur propter,

Lucr. 4, 220:

(aër) Per patefacta venit penetratque foramina,

id. 4, 891:

(speculi imago) Dum venit ad nostras acies,

id. 4, 279:

sub aspectum venire,

Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:

in conspectu,

Caes. B. C. 2, 27:

in conspectum,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48; Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24:

muliebris vox mihi ad aures venit,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 13;

in Italiā te moraturum, dum tibi litterae meae veniant,

reaches you, Cic. Fam. 11, 24, 2: hereditas unicuique nostrum venit, comes, i. e. descends to each of us, id. Caecin. 26, 74; cf.:

hic Verres hereditatem sibi venisse arbitratus est, quod in ejus regnum ac manus venerat is, quem, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62: hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae, come forth, i. e. grow, Verg. G. 1, 54; so,

arbores sponte suā,

id. ib. 2, 11; 2, 58; Prop. 1, 2, 10. —

Impers. pass., we, they, etc., came or have come, etc.:

Lilybaeum venitur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141: ad me ventum est, it has fallen to me, id Quint. 1, 3:

dum ad flumen Varum veniatur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 87:

(Galli) veniri ad se confestim existimantes, ad arma conclamant,

id. B. G. 7, 70:

ventum in insulam est,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

ubi eo ventum est,

Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

ad quos ventum erat,

id. ib. 2, 11;

3, 23: eo cum esset ventum,

id. ib. 7, 61.—

Esp., to come. spring, be descended:

qui se Bebryciā veniens Amyci de gente ferebat (i. e. qui se ferebat venientem, etc.),

Verg. A. 5, 373 Forbig. ad loc. —

Trop.

In gen.:

vides, quo progrediente oratione venturum me puto,

Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62. ut jam a principio videndum sit, quemadmodum velis venire ad extremum orationis, id. Or. 59, 201:

contra rem suam me nescio quando venisse questus est,

that I appeared, id. Phil. 2, 2, 3: contra amici summam existimationem, id. Att. 1, 1, 4:

si rem nullam habebis, quod in buccam venerit, scribito,

id. ib. 1, 12, 4;

v. bucca: si quid in mentem veniet,

id. ib. 12, 36, 1.—So in Cic. with nom. only of neutr. pron. or res; but freq. impers. with gen.:

cum matronarum ac virginum veniebat in mentem,

when I thought of, Cic. Sull. 6, 19:

venit enim mihi in mentem oris tui,

id. Rosc. Am. 34, 95; id. Sull. 14, 38; v. also mens, II. B. fin. and the passages there cited:

oratorum laus ita ducta ab humili venit ad summum, ut, etc.,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5:

prava ex falsis opinionibus veniunt,

Quint. 5, 10, 34:

vitium pejus, quod ex inopiā, quam quod ex copiā venit,

id. 2, 4, 4:

non omne argumentum undique venit,

id. 5, 10, 21.—With dat.:

existimabunt majus commodum ex otio meo quam ex aliorum negotiis reipublicae venturum,

Sall. J. 4, 4; 8, 2:

ubi ea dies, quam constituerat cum legatis, venit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8; so,

dies,

id. ib. 7, 3:

tempus victoriae,

id. ib. 7, 66; cf.:

suum tempus eorum laudi,

Quint. 3, 1, 21:

non sumus omnino sine curā venientis anni,

for the coming year, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 4:

exemplum trahens Perniciem veniens in aevum,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 16:

veniens aetas,

the future, Ov. F. 6, 639.—Of events, to come, i. e. to happen:

quod hodie venit,

Tac. A. 14, 43.—

In partic.

Venire in aliquid (rarely ad aliquid; v. infra), to come into, fall into any state or condition (so esp. freq.): venisse alicui in amicitiam, to have obtained one's friendship or alliance, Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 4:

in calamitatem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

in cognitionem alicujus,

Quint. 7, 2, 20:

in consuetudinem,

Cic. Caecin. 2, 6; cf.:

quaedam in consuetudinem ex utilitatis ratione venerunt,

id. Inv. 2, 53, 160:

in proverbii consuetudinem,

id. Off. 2, 15, 55.—Of a personal subject:

(milites) qui in consuetudinem Alexandrinae vitae venerant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

ut non solum hostibus in contemptionem Sabinus veniret, sed, etc.,

had fallen into contempt, id. B. G. 3, 17:

in contentionem, etc.,

Cic. Div. 2, 63, 129:

si falso venisses in suspitionem, P. Sestio,

id. Vatin. 1, 2:

summum in cruciatum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

aut in controversiam aut in contentionem,

Quint. 3, 6, 44:

in discrimen,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

in dubium,

id. Quint. 2, 5:

in alicujus fidem ac potestatem,

to place one's self under the protection and in the power of a person, to surrender at discretion, Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

ne in odium veniam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79; cf.:

Tarquinii nomen huic populo in odium venisse regium,

id. Rep. 1, 40, 62:

ipse illi perditae multitudini in odium acerbissimum venerit,

id. Att. 10, 8, 6: in eam opinionem Cassius veniebat, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2:

in partem alicujus,

to take part in it, Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:

in periculum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 17:

in sermonem alicujus,

i. e. to enter into conversation, Cic. Att. 14, 1, 1;

and in another sense: cum loquerer cum Phaniā, veni in eum sermonem, ut dicerem, etc.,

I happened to say that, id. Fam. 3, 5, 3:

nonnullam in spem veneram, posse me, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 54, 217:

summam in spem per Helvetios regni obtinendi venire,

to entertain hopes, to hope, Caes. B. G. 1, 18.— Esp. with res as subject, the affair came to, reached the point, etc.:

res proxime formam latrocinii venerat,

Liv. 2, 48, 5; 2, 56, 5:

res venit prope secessionem,

id. 6, 42, 10. ad ultimum dimicationis rati rem venturam, id. 2, 56, 5:

cum speramus eo rem venturam, ut, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 226.— Impers.:

saepe in eum locum ventum est, ut, etc.,

to such a point that, Caes. B. G. 6, 43; Liv. 7, 30, 9.—

Ad aliquid: bene agis, Alba;

ad tuam veniam condicionem,

will accept, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146:

ad summum fortunae,

to attain, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 32.—

In speaking, to come to a topic:

ut jam a fabulis ad facta veniamus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

ut ad fabulas veniamus,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 46:

venio ad tertiam epistulam,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 14, 12:

venio ad recentiores litteras,

id. Att. 14, 19, 5:

ad Arcesilam Carneademque veniamus,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 12:

venio nunc ad tertium genus illud, etc.,

id. Rep. 3, 33, 45:

ad istius morbum et insaniam,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1 al.