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    bŏnus (old form dŭonus, Carm. Sall. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 26 Mull.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 67 Mull.), a, um, adj. [for duonus, cf. bellum, bis, and cf. root dvi-; hence deidô, deos], good; comp. melior, us [cf. Gr. mala, mallon], better; sup. optimus ( optumus, ante-class. and often class.) [root opof ops, opes; cf. copia, apiscor], best.
    I.
    Attributively.
    A.
    As adjunct of nouns denoting persons.
    1.
    Vir bonus.
    (α).
    A man morally good (kalos kagathos):

    quoniam boni me viri pauperant, improbi alunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 60:

    omnibus virtutibus instructos et ornatos tum sapientes, tum viros bonos dicimus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 28:

    ille vir bonus qui... intolerabili dolore lacerari potius quam aut officium prodat aut fidem,

    id. Ac. 2, 8, 23:

    sive vir bonus est is qui prodest quibus potest, nocet nemini, certe istum virum bonum non facile reperimus,

    id. Off. 3, 15, 64:

    qui se ita gerunt ut eorum probitas, fides, integritas, etc.... hos viros bonos... appellandos putemus,

    id. Lael. 5, 19:

    non intellegunt se de callido homine loqui, non de bono viro,

    id. Att. 7, 2, 4:

    ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 12:

    nec enim melior vir fuit Africano quisquam, nec clarior,

    id. Lael. 2, 6; id. Leg. 1, 14, 41; 1, 18, 48; id. Planc. 4, 9; id. Par. 3, 1, 21; id. Marcell. 6, 20; id. Fam. 7, 21; id. Off. 2, 16, 57.—
    (β).
    An honest man:

    justitia, ex qua viri boni nominantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21; 1, 44, 155; 2, 11, 39; 2, 12, 42; 2, 20, 71;

    3, 12, 50: cum is sponsionem fecisset ni vir bonus esset,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 77:

    quoniam Demosthenes nec vir bonus esset, nec bene meritus de civitate,

    id. Opt. Gen. 7, 20; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116.—
    (γ).
    A man of good standing in the community:

    id viri boni arbitratu deducetur,

    Cato, R. R. 143; so id. ib. 149:

    tuam partem viri bono arbitratu... dari oportet,

    Dig. 17, 1, [p. 244] 35;

    37, 6, 2, § 2: quem voles virum bonum nominato,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55:

    vir bonus est... quo res sponsore, et quo causae teste tenentur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 40.—Hence, ironically of wealthy men:

    praetores jus dicunt, aediles ludos parant, viri boni usuras perscribunt,

    Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3.—
    (δ).
    Ironically of bad men:

    sed eccum lenonem Lycum, bonum virum,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 52; Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 9; 4, 3, 18; id. Ad. 3, 4, 30:

    expectabam quinam isti viri boni testes hujus manifesto deprehensi veneni dicerentur,

    Cic. Cael. 26, 63:

    nam socer ejus, vir multum bonus est,

    id. Agr. 3, 3, 13;

    so especially in addresses (mostly comic.): age tu, illuc procede, bone vir!

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 1; id. Curc. 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 4, 7, 48; id. Pers. 5, 2, 11; Ter. And. 3, 5, 10; 5, 2, 5; id. Ad. 4, 2, 17; id. Eun. 5, 2, 11:

    quid tu, vir optime? Ecquid habes quod dicas?

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104.—
    (ε).
    Sometimes boni viri = boni, in the sense of optimates (v. I. A. 3.):

    bonis viris quid juris reliquit tribunatus C. Gracchi?

    Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20.—
    (ζ).
    As a conventional courtesy:

    homines optimi non intellegunt, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25:

    bone accusator,

    id. Rosc. Am. 21, 58:

    sic illum amicum vocasti, quomodo omnes candidatos bonos viros dicimus,

    gentlemen, Sen. Ep. 3, 1.—For bonus vir, a good husband, v. 3.; and for vir optimus, as a laudatory epithet, v. 5.—
    2.
    Boni homines (rare) = boni, better classes of society, v. II. A. 3:

    in foro infimo boni homines atque dites ambulant,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14.—
    3.
    With nouns denoting persons in regard to their functions, offices, occupations, and qualities, denoting excellence:

    bonus consul,

    Liv. 4, 40, 6; 22, 39, 2 (different: consules duos, bonos quidem, sed dumtaxat bonos, amisimus, consuls of good sentiments, almost = bad consuls, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 3, 4):

    boni tribuni plebis,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 25:

    bonus senator,

    id. Prov. Cons. 15, 37:

    senator bonus,

    id. Dom. 4, 8:

    bonus judex,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 34:

    bonus augur (ironically),

    id. Phil. 2, 32, 80:

    bonus vates,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 27:

    bonus imperator,

    Sall. C. 60, 4:

    bonus dux,

    Quint. 12, 1, 43 (cf. trop.:

    naturam, optimam ducem,

    the best guide, Cic. Sen. 2, 5):

    bonus miles,

    Sall. C. 60, 4; Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:

    bonus orator,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

    optimus orator,

    id. Opt. Gen. 1, 3:

    poeta bonus,

    id. de Or. 1, 3, 11; 2, 46, 194; id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

    scriptor bonus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 104:

    bonus advocatus,

    id. 5, 13, 10:

    bonus defensor,

    id. 5, 13, 3:

    bonus altercator,

    a good debater, id. 6, 4, 10:

    bonus praeceptor,

    id. 5, 13, 44; 10, 5, 22:

    bonus gubernator,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100:

    optimus opifex,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 133:

    sutor bonus,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 125:

    actor optimus,

    Cic. Sest. 57, 122:

    cantor optimus est modulator,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 130:

    melior gladiator,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 33: agricola (colonus, dominus) bonus, Cato, R. R. prooem.; Cic. Sen. 16, 56:

    bonus paterfamilias,

    a thrifty head of the house, Nep. Att. 13, 1:

    bonus servus,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 58; id. Am. 2, 1, 46; id. Men. 5, 6, 1; Cic. Mil. 22, 58:

    dominus bonus,

    Cato, R. R. 14:

    bonus custos,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 38.—Ironically, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 57:

    filius bonus,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 9:

    patres,

    Quint. 11, 3, 178:

    parens,

    id. 6, prooem. 4: bonus (melior, optimus), viz. a good husband, Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51 sq.; Liv. 1, 9, 15:

    uxor melior,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    amicus,

    id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:

    amicus optimus,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 18:

    optimus testis,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:

    auctor, in two senses,

    good authority, id. Att. 5, 12, 3;

    and = bonus scriptor (post-class.),

    Quint. 10, 1, 74.—Esp.:

    bonus civis (rarely civis bonus): in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint: talem enim solemus et sentire bonum civem et dicere, Cic.-Off. 1, 34, 124: eaque est summa ratio et sapientia boni civis, commoda civium non divellere, atque omnes aequitate eadem continere,

    id. ib. 2, 23, 83:

    eum esse civem et fidelem et bonum,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 15; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; 1, 9, 10; 3, 12, 1; 6, 6, 11; id. Off. 1, 44, 155; Liv. 22, 39, 3; Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 10 Dietsch:

    optimus et fortissimus civis,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; id. Sest. 17, 39.—
    4.
    Bonus and optimus as epithets of the gods.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    sed te bonus Mercurius perdat,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 23:

    fata... bonique divi,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 38:

    divis orte bonis,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 1:

    O bone deus!

    Scrib. Comp. 84 fin.: BONORVM DEORVM, Inscr. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84: totidem, pater optime, dixi, Tu mihi da cives, referring to Jupiter, Ov. M. 7, 627.—
    (β).
    Optimus Maximus, a standing epithet of Jupiter:

    (Juppiter) a majoribus nostris Optimus Maximus (nominatur), et quidem ante optimus, id est beneficentissimus, quam Maximus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64:

    Jovem optimum et maximum ob eas res appellant, non quod, etc.,

    id. ib. 3, 36, 87:

    in templo Jovis Optimi Maximi,

    id. Sest. 56, 129; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 22:

    nutu Jovis Optimi Maximi,

    id. Cat. 3, 9, 21; Liv. 1, 12, 7; id. 6, 16, 2.—
    (γ).
    Di boni, O di boni, expressing indignation, sorrow, or surprise:

    di boni, hunc visitavi antidhac!

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 16:

    di boni, boni quid porto!

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 1:

    di boni, quid hoc morbi est,

    id. Eun. 2, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 13; id. Ad. 3, 3, 86:

    alter, O di boni, quam taeter incedebat!

    Cic. Sest. 8, 19; id. Brut. 84, 288; id. Phil. 2, 8, 20; 2, 32, 80; id. Att. 1, 16, 5; 14, 21, 2; Val. Max. 3, 5, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 3.—
    (δ).
    Bona Dea, etc., v. 6.—
    5.
    Optimus as a laudatory epithet.
    (α).
    Vir optimus:

    per vos nobis, per optimos viros optimis civibus periculum inferre conantur,

    Cic. Sest. 1, 2:

    virum optimum et constantissimum M. Cispium,

    id. ib. 35, 76:

    fratrem meum, virum optimum, fortissimum,

    id. ib.:

    consolabor hos praesentes, viros optimos,

    id. Balb. 19, 44; id. Planc. 21, 51; 23, 55; id. Mil. 14, 38; id. Marcell. 4, 10; id. Att. 5, 1, 5; Hor. S. 1, 6, 53.—
    (β).
    Femina bona, optima:

    tua conjunx bona femina,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

    hujus sanctissimae feminae atque optimae pater,

    id. ib. —
    (γ).
    Senex, pater, frater, etc.:

    optimus: parentes ejus, prudentissimi atque optimi senis,

    Cic. Planc. 41, 97:

    insuevit pater optimus hoc me,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 105; 2, 1, 12:

    C. Marcelli, fratris optimi,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 6 (8), 2; 2, 4, 2.—
    (δ).
    With proper names ( poet.):

    optimus Vergilius,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 54:

    Maecenas optimus,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 27:

    optime Quinti,

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 1.—
    (ε).
    Esp. as an epithet of the Roman emperors:

    quid tam civile, tam senatorium quam illud, additum a nobis Optimi cognomen?

    Plin. Pan. 2, 7:

    gratias, inquit, ago, optime Princeps!

    Sen. Tranq. 14. 4:

    ex epistula optimi imperatoris Antonini,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 102; cf.:

    bene te patriae pater optime Caesar,

    Ov. F. 2, 637:

    optime Romulae Custos gentis,

    Hor. C. 4, 5, 1.—
    6.
    Bonus and Bona, names of deities.
    (α).
    Bona Dea, the goddess of Chastity, whose temple could not be entered by males (cf. Macr. S. 1, 12; Lact. 1, 22):

    Bonae Deae pulvinaribus,

    Cic. Pis. 39, 95; id. Mil. 31, 86; id. Fam. 1, 9, 15; cf.

    in mal. part.,

    Juv. 2, 86 sq.; 6, 314 sq.; 6, 335 sq.—
    (β).
    Bonus Eventus, Varr. R. R. 1, 1 med.; Amm. 29, 6, 19; Inscr. Orell. 907; 1780 sq.—
    (γ).
    Bona Fortuna:

    si bona Fortuna veniat, ne intromiseris,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 22:

    Bonae Fortunae (signum),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 7:

    FORTVNAE BONAE DOMESTICAE,

    Inscr. Orell. 1743 sq. —
    (δ).
    Bona Spes:

    Spes Bona, obsecro, subventa mihi,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 12:

    BONAE SPEI,

    Aug. Inscr. Grut. 1075, 1.—
    (ε).
    BONA MENS, Inscr. Orell. 1818 sqq.:

    Mens Bona, si qua dea es, tua me in sacraria dono,

    Prop. 3, 24, 19.
    B.
    With nouns denoting things.
    1.
    Things concrete, denoting excellence:

    navis bona dicitur non quae pretiosis coloribus picta est... sed stabilis et firma,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 13:

    gladium bonum dices, non cui auratus est balteus, etc., sed cui et ad secandum subtilis acies est, et, etc.,

    id. ib. 76, 14:

    id vinum erit lene et bono colore,

    Cato, R. R. 109; Lucr. 2, 418; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 9:

    tabulas... collocare in bono lumine,

    Cic. Brut. 75, 261: ex quavis olea oleum... bonum fieri potest. Cato, R. R. 3:

    per aestatem boves aquam bonam et liquidam bibant semper curato,

    id. ib. 73; cf.:

    bonae aquae, ironically compared to wine,

    Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 28:

    praedium bonum caelum habeat,

    good temperature, Cato, R. R. 1:

    bona tempestate,

    in good weather, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

    (praedium) solo bono valeat,

    by good soil, Cato, R. R. 1:

    bonae (aedes) cum curantur male,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24:

    villam bonam,

    Cic. Off. 3, 13, 55:

    bonus pons,

    Cat. 17, 5:

    scyphi optimi (= optime facti),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:

    perbona toreumata,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 18, §

    38: bona domicilia,

    comfortable residences, id. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

    agrum Meliorem nemo habet,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:

    fundum meliorem,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: fundos optimos et fructuosissimos, id. Agr. 3, 4, 14:

    equus melior,

    id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:

    bona cena,

    Cat. 13, 3:

    boni nummi,

    good, not counterfeit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144; Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:

    super omnia vultus accessere boni,

    good looks, Ov. M. 8, 678:

    mulier bona forma,

    of a fine form, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 13:

    equus formae melioris,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 52:

    tam bona cervix, simul ac jussero, demetur,

    fine, beautiful, Suet. Calig. 33:

    fruges bonae,

    Cat. 34, 19:

    ova suci melioris,

    of better flavor, Hor. S. 2, 4, 13.— Trop.:

    animus aequus optimum est aerumnae condimentum,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 71: bona dextra, a lucky hand (cf.:

    bonum omen, 2. e.),

    Quint. 6, 3, 69:

    scio te bona esse voce, ne clama nimis,

    good, sound, loud voice, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 43; so,

    bona firmaque vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 13.—
    2.
    Things abstract.
    a.
    Of physical well-being:

    ut si qui neget sine bona valetudine posse bene vivi,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 51, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 2; Lucr. 3, 102; Val. Max. 2, 5, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 26; 11, 2, 35 et saep.:

    non bonus somnus de prandio est,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 8:

    bona aetas,

    prime of life, Cic. Sen. 14, 48:

    optima aetate,

    id. Fam. 10, 3, 3.—Ironically:

    bona, inquis, aetate, etc.,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 1.—
    b.
    Of the mind and soul:

    meliore esse sensu,

    Cic. Sest. 21, 47:

    optima indoles,

    id. Fin. 5, 22, 61:

    bona conscientia,

    Quint. 6, 1, 33; 9, 2, 93; Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 5:

    bono ingenio me esse ornatam quam auro multo mavolo,

    with a good heart, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 91; id. Stich. 1, 21, 59; Sall. C. 10, 5:

    mens melior,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 78; Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13; Liv. 39, 16, 5; Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 4; id. Ep. 10, 4; Pers. 2, 8; Petr. 61.—Personified, Prop. 3 (4), 24, 19; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 31:

    duos optimae indolis filios,

    Val. Max. 5, 7, 2; Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 6; Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    bonum consilium,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6; id. Rud. 4, 3, 18; Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:

    bona voluntas,

    a good purpose, Quint. 12, 11, 31:

    memoria bona,

    Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

    bona ratio cum perdita... confligit,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

    bonae rationes,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 50:

    pronuntiatio bona,

    Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27.—
    c.
    Of moral relations:

    ego si bonam famam mihi servasso, sat ero dives,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 71; Cic. Sest. 66, 139; Liv. 6, 11, 7; Hor. S. 1, 2, 61 (cf. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1;

    v. e. infra): si ego in causa tam bona cessi tribuni plebis furori,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 36; id. Planc. 36, 87; Ov. M. 5, 220:

    fac, sis, bonae frugi sies,

    of good, regular habits, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 35; id. Cas. 2, 4, 5; 2, 5, 19; id. Ps. 1, 5, 53; id. Truc. 1, 1, 13; id. Capt. 5, 2, 3 sq. (v. frux, II. B. 1. b.): vilicus disciplina bona utatur. Cato, R. R. 5:

    bona studia,

    moral pursuits, Auct. Her. 4, 17, 25:

    quidquid vita meliore parasti,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 15: ad spem mortis melioris, an honorable death; so as an epithet of religious exercises:

    Juppiter, te bonas preces precor,

    Cato, R. R. 134; 139.—
    d.
    Of external, artistic, and literary value and usefulness:

    bono usui estis nulli,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 15:

    Optumo optume optumam operam das,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 122:

    bonam dedistis mihi operam,

    a valuable service to me, id. Poen. 2, 3, 70; 3, 6, 11; id. Pers. 4, 7, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 11 (in a different sense: me bona opera aut mala Tibi inventurum esse auxilium argentarium, by fair or unfair means, id. Ps. 1, 1, 102;

    v. e. infra): optima hereditas a patribus traditur liberis... gloria virtutis rerumque gestarum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121:

    bonum otium,

    valuable leisure, Sall. C. 4, 1:

    bonis versibus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

    versus meliores,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 81:

    meliora poemata,

    Hor. A. P. 303:

    in illa pro Ctesiphonte oratione longe optima,

    Cic. Or. 8, 26:

    optimas fabulas,

    id. Off. 1, 31, 114:

    melius munus,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 7.—
    e.
    Favorable, prosperous, lucky, fortunate:

    de Procilio rumores non boni,

    unfavorable rumors, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 5:

    bona de Domitio, praeclara de Afranio fama est,

    about their success in the war, id. ib. 7, 26, 1:

    si fuisset in discipulo comparando meliore fortuna,

    id. Pis. 29, 71; cf.

    fortuna optima esse,

    to be in the best pecuniary circumstances, id. ad Brut. 1, 1, 2:

    occasio tam bona,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 9:

    senex est eo meliore condicione quam adulesoens cum, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 19, 68; id. Fam. 4, 32:

    bona navigatio,

    id. N. D. 3, 34, 83;

    esp. in phrase bona spes.—Object.: ergo in iis adulescentibus bonam spem esse dicemus et magnam indolem quos, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117.—Subject.:

    ego sum spe bona,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 28, 3; id. Cat. 2, 11, 25; [p. 245] id. Att. 14, 1 a, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:

    optima spe,

    id. Fam. 12, 11, 2.—Pregn., = spes bonarum rerum, Sall. C. 21, 1;

    v. C. 1. c. infra: meliora responsa,

    more favorable, Liv. 7, 21, 6:

    melior interpretatio,

    Tac. H. 3, 65:

    cum laude et bonis recordationibus,

    id. A. 4, 38:

    amnis Doctus iter melius,

    i. e. less injurious, Hor. A. P. 68:

    omen bonum,

    a good, lucky omen, Cic. Pis. 13, 31; cf.

    Liv. praef. § 13: melius omen,

    Ov. F. 1, 221;

    optimum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2:

    bona scaeva,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 24:

    auspicio optumo,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 6; cf.:

    memini bene, sed meliore Tempore dicam = opportuniore tempore,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 68.—
    f.
    Of public affairs, si mihi bona re publica frui non licuerit, Cic. Mil. 34, 93:

    optima res publica,

    id. Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:

    minus bonis temporibus,

    id. Dom. 4, 8; so,

    optimis temporibus,

    id. Sest. 3, 6:

    nostrae res meliore loco videbantur,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 3, 1:

    lex optima,

    id. Pis. 16, 37; id. Sest. 64, 137; id. Phil, 1, 8, 19.—
    g.
    Good = large, considerable:

    bono atque amplo lucro,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 6:

    bona librorum copia,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 109; cf.:

    bona copia cornu,

    Ov. M. 9, 88; v. bona pars, C. 8. g.—
    h.
    Noble; with genus, good family, noble extraction, honorable birth: quali me arbitraris genere prognatum? Eu. Bono, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 35; so id. Ep. 1, 2, 4; 2, 1, 3; id. Pers. 4, 4, 94:

    si bono genere natus sit,

    Auct. Her. 3, 7, 13.—
    k.
    Referring to good-will, kindness, faithfulness, in certain phrases.
    (α).
    Bona venia or cum bona venia, with the kind permission of a person addressed, especially bona venia orare, expetere, etc.:

    primum abs te hoc bona venia expeto,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31:

    bona tua venia dixerim,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:

    oravit bona venia Quirites, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 41, 3:

    obsecro vos.. bona venia vestra liceat, etc.,

    id. 6, 40, 10:

    cum bona venia quaeso audiatis, etc.,

    id. 29, 17, 6; Arn. c. Gent. 1, p. 5; cf.

    . sed des veniam bonus oro = venia bona oro,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 5.—
    (β).
    Bona pax, without quarrelling:

    bona pax sit potius,

    let us have no quarrel about that, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 7;

    so especially cum bona pace, or bona pace: Hannibal ad Alpis cum bona pace incolentium... pervenit,

    without a difficulty with the inhabitants, Liv. 21, 32, 6; 21, 24, 5; 1, 24, 3; 28, 37, 4; 8, 15, 1; cf.: si bonam (pacem) dederitis, = a fair peace, under acceptable conditions, id. 8, 21, 4.—
    (γ).
    Amicitia bona = bona fide servata, faithful, undisturbed friendship:

    igitur amicitia Masinissae bona atque honesta nobis permansit,

    Sall. J. 5, 5.—
    (δ).
    Bona societas, alliance:

    Segestes, memoria bonae societatis, impavidus,

    Tac. A. 1, 58.
    C.
    In particular phrases.
    1.
    Bonae res.
    a.
    = Vitae commoda, comforts of life, abstract or concrete:

    concedatur bonis rebus homines morte privari,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87:

    optimis rebus usus est,

    he had every most desirable thing, Nep. Att. 18, 1.—
    b.
    = Res secundae, opp. res adversae, prosperity:

    bonis rebus tuis, meas irrides malas,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:

    in bonis rebus,

    Hor. C. 2, 3, 2. —
    c.
    Res bona = res familiaris bona, wealth ( poet.): in re bona esse, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4.—Also an object of value:

    homines quibus mala abunde omnia erant, sed neque res neque spes bona ulla,

    who had no property, nor the hope of any, Sall. C. 21, 1. —
    d.
    Costly things, articles of luxury:

    capere urbem in Arabia plenam bonarum rerum,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 46; 4, 4, 82:

    nimium rei bonae,

    id. Stich. 2, 3, 55:

    ignorantia bonarum rerum,

    Nep. Ages. 8, 5 ' bonis rebus gaudere, Hor. S. 2, 6, 110:

    re bona copiosum esse,

    Gell. 16, 19, 7.—
    e.
    Moral, morally good:

    illi cum res non bonas tractent,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 72:

    ut de virtutibus et vitiis, omninoque de bonis rebus et malis quaererent,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 15:

    quid habemus in rebus bonis et malis explorati?

    id. ib. 2, 42, 129; so id. Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Leg. 1, 22, 58:

    quae tamen omnia dulciora fuint et moribus bonis et artibus,

    id. Sen. 18, 65.—
    f.
    In literary composition, important or interesting matter, subjects, or questions:

    res bonas verbis electis dictas quis non legat?

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 8:

    studiis generorum, praesertim in re bona,

    Plaut. Am. 8, 26.—
    2.
    Bonae artes.
    (α).
    A good, laudable way of dealing:

    qui praeclari facinoris aut artis bonae famam quaerit,

    Sall. C. 2, 9:

    huic bonae artes desunt, dolis atque fallaciis contendit,

    id. ib. 11, 2:

    quod is bonarum artium cupiens erat,

    Tac. A. 6, 46.—
    (β).
    Liberal arts and sciences:

    litteris aut ulli bonae arti,

    Quint. 12, 1, 7:

    conservate civem bonarum artium, bonarum partium, bonorum virorum,

    Cic. Sest. 32, 77. —Esp.:

    optimae artes: optimarum artium scientia,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 4; id. Ac. 2, 1, 1; id. Cael. 10, 24; id. Marcell. 1, 4.—
    3.
    Bona fides, or fides bona.
    a.
    Good faith, i. e. conscious honesty in acts or words: qui nummos fide bona solvit, who pays (the price of labor) in good faith, i. e. as it is honestly earned, Cato, R. R. 14:

    dic, bona fide, tu id aurum non subripuisti?

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46; 4, 10, 47; id. Capt. 4, 2, 111; id. Most. 3, 1, 137; id. Poen. 1, 3, 30; id. Pers. 4, 3, 16; id. Ps. 4, 6, 33:

    si tibi optima fide omnia concessit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144; Quint. 10, 3, 23.—Hence, bonae fidei vir, a conscientious man, Quint. 10, 7, 1.—
    b.
    Jurid. t. t.
    (α).
    Good faith in contracts and legal acts in general, opposed to dolus malus, honesty and fairness in dealing with another:

    ad fidem bonam statuit pertinere, notum esse emptori vitium quod nosset venditor,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 67.—Hence, alienam rem bona fide emere, to buy, believing the seller to be the rightful owner, Dig. 41, 3, 10; 41, 3, 13, § 1. bonae fidei possessor (also possessio), believing that he is the rightful owner, ib. 5, 3, 25, § 11; 5, 3, 22; 41, 3, 15, § 2;

    41, 3, 24: conventio contra bonam fidem et mores bonos,

    ib. 16, 31, § 7: bonam fidem praestare, to be responsible for one ' s good faith, ib. 17, 1, 10 prooem.—Hence,
    (β).
    Bonae fidei actiones or judicia, actions in equity, i. e. certain classes of actions in which the strict civil law was set aside by the praetorian edict in favor of equity:

    actiones quaedam bonae fidei sunt, quaedam stricti juris. Bonae fidei sunt haec: exempto vendito, locato conducto, etc.,

    Just. Inst. 4, 6, 28, § 19.—In the republican time the praetor added in such actions to his formula for the judex the words ex fide bona, or, in full:

    quidquid dare facere oportet ex fide bona,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:

    iste dolus malus et legibus erat vindicatus, et sine lege, judiciis in quibus additur ex fide bona,

    id. ib. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. ib. 3, 17, 70.—
    4.
    Bona verba.
    (α).
    Kind words:

    Bona verba quaeso,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 33.—
    (β).
    Words of good omen (v. omen):

    dicamus bona verba,

    Tib. 2, 2, 1:

    dicite suffuso ter bona verba mero,

    Ov. F. 2, 638.—
    (γ).
    Elegant or well-chosen expressions:

    quid est tam furiosum quam verborum vel optimorum atque ornatissimorum sonitus inanis,

    Cic. Or. 1, 12, 51:

    verborum bonorum cursu,

    id. Brut. 66, 233:

    omnia verba sunt alicubi optima,

    Quint. 10, 1, 9.—
    (δ).
    Moral sayings:

    non est quod contemnas bona verba et bonis cogitationibus plena praecordia,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 1. —
    5.
    Bona dicta.
    (α).
    Polite, courteous language:

    hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit leniter dictis bonis,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 25.—
    (β).
    Witticisms ( bon-mots): flammam a sapiente facilius ore in ardente opprimi, quam bona dicta teneat, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 2, 54, 222:

    dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus quibus solebam menstruales epulas ante adipiscier,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22:

    ibo intro ad libros ut discam de dictis melioribus,

    id. Stich. 2, 3, 75.—
    6.
    Bona facta.
    (α).
    = bene facta (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.), laudable deeds:

    nobilitas ambobus et majorum bona facta (sc. erant),

    Tac. A. 3, 40.—
    (β).
    Bonum factum est, colloq., = bene est, bene factum est (v. bene, I. B. 2. b.):

    bonum factum est, ut edicta servetis mea,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 16:

    haec imperata quae sunt pro imperio histrico, bonum hercle factum (est) pro se quisque ut meminerit,

    id. ib. 45.— Hence,
    (γ).
    Elliptically, introducing commands which cannot be enforced, = if you will do so, it will be well:

    peregrinis in senatum allectis, libellus propositus est: bonum factum, ne quis senatori novo curiam monstrare velit,

    Suet. Caes. 80:

    et Chaldaeos edicere: bonum factum, ne Vitellius... usquam esset,

    id. Vit. 14:

    hac die Carthaginem vici: bonum factum, in Capitolium eamus, et deos supplicemus,

    Aur. Vict. 49; cf.:

    o edictum, cui adscribi non poterit bonum factum,

    Tert. Pud. 1.—
    7.
    Bona gratia.
    (α).
    A friendly understanding:

    cur non videmus inter nos haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala?

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17; so,

    per gratiam bonam abire,

    to part with good feelings, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 33.—In jest: sine bona gratia abire, of things cast away, Plaut Truc. 2, 7, 15.—
    (β).
    Pleon., in the phrase bonam gratiam habere, = gratiam habere, to thank (v. B. 2. k.), Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 32; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 99.—
    8.
    Bona pars.
    (α).
    The well-disposed part of a body of persons:

    ut plerumque fit, major pars (i. e. of the senate) meliorem vicit,

    Liv. 21, 4, 1:

    pars melior senatus ad meliora responsa trahere,

    id. 7, 21, 6.—
    (β).
    The good party, i. e. the optimates (gen. in plur.):

    civem bonarum partium,

    Cic. Sest. 32, 77:

    (fuit) meliorum partium aliquando,

    id. Cael. 6, 13:

    qui sibi gratiam melioris partis velit quaesitam,

    Liv. 2, 44, 3.—Paronom.: (Roscius) semper partium in re publica tam quam in scaena optimarum, i. e. party and part in a drama, Cic. Sest. 56, 120.—
    (γ).
    Of things or persons, a considerable part (cf. a good deal):

    bonam partem ad te adtulit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 43:

    bonam partem sermonis in hunc diem esse dilatam,

    Cic. Or. 2, 3, 14:

    bonam magnamque partem exercitus,

    Val. Max. 5, 2, ext. 4:

    bona pars noctium,

    Quint. 12, 11, 19:

    bona pars hominum,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 61:

    meae vocis... bona pars,

    id. C. 4, 2, 46; so id. A. P. 297; Ov. P. 1, 8, 74:

    melior pars diei,

    Verg. A. 9, 156.—
    (δ).
    Rarely, and mostly eccl. Lat.: optima pars, the best part or lot:

    nostri melior pars animus est,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, prooem. § 14; cf.:

    quae pars optima est in homine,

    best, most valuable, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 67:

    major pars aetatis, certe melior reipublicae data sit,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 18, 1:

    Maria optimam partem elegit, quae non auferetur ab ea,

    Vulg. Luc. 10, 42.—
    (ε).
    Adverb.:

    bonam partem = ex magna parte,

    Lucr. 6, 1249.—
    (ζ).
    Aliquem in optimam partem cognoscere, to know somebody from his most favorable side, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 46: aliquid in optimam partem accipere, to take something in good part, interpret it most favorably:

    Caesar mihi ignoscit quod non venerim, seseque in optimam partem id accipere dicit,

    id. Att. 10, 3 a, 2; id. ad Brut. 1, 2, 3:

    quaeso ut hoc in bonam partem accipias,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 45.—
    9.
    Dies bonus or bona.
    (α).
    A day of good omen, a fortunate day (= dies laetus, faustus):

    tum tu igitur die bono, Aphrodisiis, addice, etc.,

    Plaut. Poen. 2, 49:

    nunc dicenda bona sunt bona verba die,

    Ov. F. 1, 72.—
    (β).
    A beautiful, serene day, Sen. Vit. Beat. 22, 3.—
    10.
    Bonus mos.
    (α).
    Boni mores, referring to individuals, good, decent, moral habits:

    nihil est amabilius quam morum similitudo bonorum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 56:

    nam hic nimium morbus mores invasit bonos,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 6:

    domi militiaeque boni mores colebantur,

    Sall. C. 9, 1:

    propter ejus suavissimos et optimos mores,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:

    cum per tot annos matronae optimis moribus vixerint,

    Liv. 34, 6, 9:

    mores meliores,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 18.—
    (β).
    Bonus mos or boni mores, in the abstract, morality, the laws, rules of morality: ei vos morigerari mos bonu'st, it is a rule of morality that you should, etc., Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 4:

    ex optimo more et sanctissima disciplina,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69:

    neglegentia boni moris,

    Sen. Ep. 97, 1.—Jurid. t. t.:

    conventio, mandatum contra bonos mores,

    in conflict with morality, Quint. 3, 1, 57; Dig. 16, 3, 1, § 7; Gai. Inst. 3, 157 et saep. —
    11.
    Adverbial phrases.
    a.
    Bono animo esse, or bonum animum habere.
    (α).
    To be of good cheer or courage:

    bono animo es! Liberabit ille te homo,

    Plaut. Merc 3, 1, 33; so id. Aul. 4, 10, 61; id. Mil. 4, 8, 32; id. Rud. 3, 3, 17; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 4; id. Heaut. 4, 6, 18; id. Ad. 2, 4, 20; 3, 5, 1; 4, 2, 4; 4, 5, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 72:

    animo bono es,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 103; id. Am. 2, 2, 48; 5, 2, 1:

    bono animo es, inquit Scrofa, et fiscinam expedi,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 26:

    bono animo sint et tui et mei familiares,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 1; 6, 10, 29:

    bono animo esse jubere eam consul,

    Liv. 39, 13, 7:

    habe modo bonum animum,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 58; so id. Am. 1, 3, 47; id. Truc. 2, 6, 44; id. Aul. 2, 2, 15:

    habe animum bonum,

    id. Cas. 2, 6, 35; id. Ep. 2, 2, 1; 4, 2, 31:

    bonum animum habe,

    Liv. 45, 8, 5:

    clamor ortus ut bonum animum haberet,

    id. 8, 32, 1; so Sen. Ep. 87, 38.—
    (β).
    Bono animo esse, or facere aliquid, to be of a good or friendly disposition, or to do with good, honest intentions:

    audire jubet vos imperator histricus, bonoque ut animo sedeant in subselliis qui, etc.,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 5: sunt enim (consules) [p. 246] optimo animo, summo consilio, of the best disposition, Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2:

    bono te animo tum populus Romanus... dicere existimavit ea quae sentiebatis, sed, etc.,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56:

    quod nondum bono animo in populum Romanum viderentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6; Quint. 7, 4, 15.—
    (γ).
    Bonus animus, good temper, patience:

    bonus animus in mala re dimidium mali est,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 37:

    vos etiam hoc animo meliore feratis,

    Ov. M. 9, 433.—
    b.
    Bono modo.
    (α).
    = placide, with composure, moderation:

    si quis quid deliquerit, pro noxa bono modo vindicet,

    Cato, R. R. 5:

    haec tibi tam sunt defendenda quam moenia, mihi autem bono modo, tantum quantum videbitur,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 137.—
    (β).
    In a decent manner:

    neu quisquam prohibeto filium quin amet... quod bono fiat modo,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 62. —
    c.
    Jure optimo or optimo jure, with good, perfect right:

    te ipse jure optumo incuses licet,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 23; id. Rud. 2, 6, 53:

    ut jure optimo me deserere posses,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6; Sen. Ot. Sap. 2 (29), 2.—With pass. or intr. verb, deservedly:

    ne jure optimo irrideamur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 31, 111; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 151; id. Marcell. 1, 4;

    similarly, optimo judicio,

    Val. Max. 2, 9, 2.
    II.
    As subst.
    A.
    bŏnus, boni, m.; of persons.
    1.
    In sing. or plur. orig. = bonus vir, boni viri; v. I. A. 1. a. b, supra, a morally good man.
    (α).
    Plur.:

    bonis quod bene fit haud perit,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 2; id. Capt. 2, 2, 108; id. Trin. 2, 1, 55; id. Pers. 4, 5, 2:

    melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto,

    Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71:

    verum esse ut bonos boni diligant, quamobrem... bonis inter bonos quasi necessariam (esse) benevolentiam,

    id. Lael. 14, 50:

    diverso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra... habere,

    Sall. C. 52, 13; 7, 2; 52, 22:

    oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 52:

    tam bonis quam malis conduntur urbes,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 28, 4; so id. Vit. Beat. 15, 6; Quint. 9, 2, 76.—Rarely bŏnae, arum, f., good women:

    quia omnes bonos bonasque adcurare addecet, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 41.—
    (β).
    Sing.:

    malus bonum malum esse volt ut sit sui similis,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 8:

    nec enim cuique bono mali quidquam evenire potest,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99; cf.:

    qui meliorem audax vocet in jus,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 29.—
    2.
    Bonus, a man of honor.
    (α).
    A brave man:

    pro qua (patria) quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere si ei sit profuturus?

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57:

    libertatem quam nemo bonus nisi cum anima simul amittat,

    Sall. C. 33, 5:

    fortes creantur fortibus et bonis,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 29 (opp. ignavi):

    fama impari boni atque ignavi erant,

    Sall. J. 57, 6; 53, 8; id. C. 11, 2. —
    (β).
    A gentleman:

    quis enim umquam, qui paululum modo bonorum consuetudinem nosset, litteras ad se ab amico missas... in medium protulit?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 7.—
    3.
    Boni, the better (i. e. higher) classes of society.
    (α).
    In gen. (of political sentiments, = optimates, opp. populares, seditiosi, perditi cives, etc.;

    so usu. in Cic.): meam causam omnes boni proprie enixeque susceperant,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 38:

    audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur... boni, nescio quomodo, tardiores sunt, etc.,

    id. ib. 47, 100:

    ego Kal. Jan. senatum et bonos omnes legis agrariae... metu liberavi,

    id. Pis. 2, 4:

    etenim omnes boni, quantum in ipsis fuit, Caesarem occiderunt,

    id. Phil. 2, 13, 29; id. Fam. 5, 2, 8; 5, 21, 2; id. Sest. 2, 5; 16, 36; 48, 103; id. Planc. 35, 86; id. Mil. 2, 5; id. Off. 2. 12, 43:

    maledictis increpat omnes bonos,

    Sall. C. 21, 4; 19, 2; 33, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; so,

    optimi,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 37; and, ironically, boni identified with the rich:

    bonorum, id est lautorum et locupletum,

    id. Att. 8, 1, 3.—
    (β).
    Without reference to political views;

    opp. vulgus (rare): nihil ego istos moror fatuos mores quibus boni dedecorant se,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 22:

    semper in civitate quibus opes nullae sunt bonis invident,

    Sall. C. 37, 3:

    elatus est sine ulla pompa funeris, comitantibus omnibus bonis, maxima vulgi frequentia,

    Nep. Att. 22, 2.—So, mĕlĭōres, um, m., one ' s betters:

    ut quaestui habeant male loqui melioribus,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 13:

    da locum melioribus,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 37.—
    4.
    Boni, bone, in addresses, as an expression of courtesy, Hor. S. 2, 2, 1; 2, 6, 51; 2, 6, 95; id. Ep. 2, 2, 37; ironice, id. S. 2, 3, 31.—
    5.
    Optimus quisque = quivis bonus, omnes boni.
    (α).
    Referring to morality:

    esse aliquid natura pulcrum quod optimus quisque sequeretur,

    every good man, Cic. Sen. 13, 43:

    qui ita se gerebant ut sua consilia optimo cuique probarent, optimates habebantur,

    id. Sest. 45, 96; id. Off. 1, 43, 154; id. Fin. 1, 7, 24; id. Sest. 54, 115; and = even the best:

    quare deus optimum quemque mala valetudine adficit?

    Sen. Prov. 4, 8.—
    (β).
    Of the educated classes:

    adhibenda est quaedam reverentia adversus homines, et optimi cujusque et reliquorum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99; cf. id. ib. 1, 25, 85:

    Catilina plerisque consularibus, praeterea optumo cuique, litteras mittit,

    Sall. C. 34, 2:

    optimo cuique infesta libertas,

    Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 2 (32 fin.).—
    (γ).
    Honorable, brave:

    optumus quisque cadere et sauciari, ceteris metus augeri,

    Sall. J. 92, 8.—
    (δ).
    In gen., excellent:

    optimus quisque facere quam dicere... malebat,

    Sall. C. 8, 5.—
    (ε).
    Distributively:

    ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transfertur,

    to the best man in each instance, Sall. C. 2, 6.—
    (ζ).
    Referring to another superlative ( = quo quisque melior eo magis, etc.):

    hic aditus laudis qui semper optimo cuique maxime patuit,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; so id. Lael. 4, 14; id. Inv. 2, 11, 36; Sen. Vit. Beat. 18, 1.—
    (η).
    Attributively, with a noun:

    optimam quamque causam,

    Cic. Sest. 43, 93:

    optima quaeque dies,

    Verg. G. 3, 66.
    2.
    bŏnum, i, n., plur. bona; mĕlĭus, ōris, n.; optĭmum, i, n. (v. infra); of things in gen.
    1.
    Bonum, or plur. bona, a good, or goods in a moral and metaphysical sense, a moral good, a blessing: sunt autem hae de finibus defensae sententiae: nihil bonum nisi honestum, ut Stoici; nihil bonum nisi voluptatem, ut Epicurus;

    nihil bonum nisi vacuitatem doloris, ut Hieronymus... tria genera bonorum, maxima animi, secunda corporis, externa tertia, ut Peripatetici, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 84 sq.:

    quid est igitur bonum? Si quid recte fit et honeste et cum virtute, id bene fieri vere dicitur, et quod rectum et honestum et cum virtute est, id solum opinor bonum,

    id. Par. 1, 1, 9:

    ut quis intellegat, quid sit illud simplex et verum bonum quod non possit ab honestate sejungi,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 7:

    non-est igitur voluptas bonum,

    id. Fin. 1, 11, 39: finis bonorum et malorum (telos agathôn) = summa bona et mala:

    sunt nonnullae disciplinae quae, propositis bonorum et malorum finibus, officium omne pervertant. Nam qui summum bonum sic instituit ut, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 2, 5; cf. id. Par. 1, 3, 14; id. Ac. 2, 9, 29; 2, 36, 114; 2, 42, 129; id. Fin. 1, 9, 29; 1, 12, 42; id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66; Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 5; id. Ep. 117, 1 et saep.—
    2.
    Bonum, what is valuable, beneficial, estimable, favorable, pleasant, physically or mentally:

    quoi boni Tantum adfero quantum ipsus a diis optat,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 9:

    multa bona vobis volt facere,

    will do you much good, id. Poen. 5, 4, 60; id. Am. prol. 43, 49; id. Pers. 4, 8, 4; 2, 3, 14; id. Cas. 2, 8, 32:

    tum demum nostra intellegemus bona quom ea amisimus,

    id. Capt. 1, 2, 33:

    multa tibi di dent bona,

    id. Poen. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 54; 3, 3, 74; id. Mil. 3, 1, 120; id. Men. 3, 3, 34; id. Pers. 4, 3, 23; id. Truc. 1, 2, 23; id. Merc. 1, 2, 40; id. Most. 1, 1, 47:

    omnia Bona dicere,

    to speak in the highest terms of one, Ter. And. 1, 1, 70:

    sed ne vivus quidem bono caret, si eo non indiget,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    cum quaecumque bona Peripateticis, eadem Stoicis commoda viderentur,

    id. ib. 5, 41, 120:

    nihil enim boni nosti,

    nothing that is good for any thing, id. Phil. 2, 7, 16:

    mala pro bonis legere dementia est,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 1; Val. Max. 5, 3, ext. 3 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 73:

    quia bonum sit valere,

    a good thing, Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 62 (cf. III. A. 5. infra):

    melius: quo quidem haud scio an... quidquam melius sit homini a dis immortalibus datum,

    id. Lael. 6, 20:

    meliora... Aristotelem de istis rebus scripsisse,

    id. Or. 1, 10, 43:

    optimum: difficillimum est formam exponere optimi,

    id. ib. 11, 36.— Here belongs the phrase boni consulere;

    v. consulo.—So after prepositions: in bonum vertere, v. under verto: in melius ire,

    to change for the better, Tac. A. 12, 68.—In the same sense: in melius aliquid referre, or reflectere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 281; 11, 426; 10, 632:

    ad melius transcurrere,

    to pass over to something better, Hor. S. 2, 2, 82.—
    3.
    Bonum or bona, prosperity:

    fortiter malum qui patitur, idem post patitur bonum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 58:

    nulli est homini perpetuum bonum,

    id. Curc. 1, 3, 33:

    unā tecum bona, mala tolerabimus,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 23:

    quibus in bonis fuerint et nunc quibus in malis sint, ostenditur ( = in secundis, in adversis rebus),

    Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 107.—
    4.
    Good qualities, gifts:

    omnia adsunt bona, quem penes'st virtus,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 30:

    magnis illi et divinis bonis hanc licentiam adsequebantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:

    nisi qui se suā gravitate et castimoniā... tum etiam naturali quodam bono defenderet, etc.,

    id. Cael. 5, 11:

    hunc meā sententiā divinis quibusdam bonis instructum atque ornatum puto,

    id. ib. 17, 39:

    non intellego quod bonum cuiquam sit apud tales viros profuturum,

    id. Balb. 28, 63:

    gaude isto tuo tam excellenti bono,

    id. Marcell. 6, 19; so id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—
    5.
    Advantage, benefit:

    si plus adipiscare, re explicatā, boni, quam addubitatā mali,

    Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83:

    saepe cogitavi bonine an mali plus adtulerit... eloquentiae studium,

    id. Inv. 1, 1, 1; 2, 35, 106; id. Off. 2, 2, 5; id. Sest. 10, 24:

    maximum bonum in celeritate ponebat,

    Sall. C. 43, 4; so, bono publico (abl.), for the public good:

    hoc ita si fit, publico fiat bono,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 183; Liv. 2, 44, 3; Dig. 41, 3, 1.—
    6.
    With aequum, what is fair and good, the fair ( thing), fairness, equity:

    si bonum aequomque oras,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 149; so id. Pers. 3, 1, 71; id. Rud. 1, 2, 94; id. Men. 4, 2, 11:

    si tu aliquam partem aequi bonique dixeris,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 32; id. Heaut. 4, 1, 29; id. Ad. 1, 1, 39:

    a quo vivo nec praesens nec absens quidquam aequi bonique impetravit,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 94.—Hence, aequo et bono, or ex aequo et bono, in ( with) fairness, in equity, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 30; Auct. Her. 2, 10, 14; 2, 12, 18; 2, 13, 20; Gai. Inst. 3, 137: aequi bonique, as gen. of value, with facere:

    istuc, Chreme, Aequi bonique facio,

    I place a fair and proper value on it, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 40.—
    7.
    Bona, one ' s property, fortunes, almost always denoting the whole of one's possessions.
    a.
    In gen.:

    paterna oportet reddi filio bona,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 120:

    bona sua med habiturum omnia,

    id. Truc. 2, 4, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 6; 4, 2, 29; id. Rud. 2, 6, 22; id. Most. 1, 3, 77; id. Trin. 4, 4, 3; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 4:

    bona mea diripiebantur atque ad consulem deferebantur,

    Cic. Sest. 24, 54:

    cum de capite, civis et de bonis proscriptio ferretur,

    id. ib. 30, 65:

    bona, fortunas, possessiones omnium,

    id. Caecin. 13, 38:

    at mulctantur bonis exsules,

    id. Tusc. 5, 37, 106; id. Off. 2, 23, 81; id. Par. 1, 1, 7; id. Sest. 19, 42; 43, 94; 52, 111; id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; Caes. B. G. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 3, 5; 2, 5, 5; 4, 15, 8; Tac. A. 2, 48; Quint. 6, 1, 19 et saep.—
    b.
    Bonorum possessio, the possession of one ' s property by another.
    (α).
    Bonorum possessio in consequence of bonorum cessio, i. e. an assignment of one ' s property for the benefit of creditors, Dig. 42, tit. 3.—
    (β).
    Bonorum possessio granted by the prætor against a contumacious or insolvent debtor (in bona mittere, in bona ire jubere, bona possidere jubere, etc.); cf. Dig. 42, tit. 4:

    postulat a Burrieno Naevius ut ex edicto bona possidere liceat,

    Cic. Quint. 6, 25, and the whole of c. 8:

    edixit... neu quis militis... bona possideret aut venderet,

    Liv. 2, 24, 6:

    bona proscribere,

    to offer the property thus transferred for sale, Cic. Quint. 6, 25.—
    (γ).
    Chiefly referring to the property of a defunct person (hereditas), where the prætor, till the heir had proved his right, granted a bonorum possessio secundum tabulas or contra tabulas, Dig. 37, tit. 4; 37, tit. 11.—
    c.
    In bonis esse;

    with reference to the older civil law, which distinguished between civil property (habere rem ex jure Quiritium) and natural property (rem in bonis habere, res in bonis est),

    Gai. Inst. 2, 40, 41; Dig. 40, 12, 38, § 2; 37, 6, 2, § 1; 37, 6, 3, § 2; ib. Fragm. 1, 16; Gai. Inst. 1, 22; 1, 35; 1, 222; 1, 167; Dig. 1, 8, 1; 27, 10, 10:

    neque bonorum possessorum, neque... res pleno jure fiunt, sed in bonis efficiuntur,

    ib. Fragm. 3, 80.—Hence, nullam omnino arbitrabamur de eā hereditate controversiam eum habiturum, et est hodie in bonis, i. e. [p. 247] the bonorum possessio has been granted to him, which did not give full ownership, but effected only that the hereditas was in bonis. Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1.
    III.
    Predicative use.
    A.
    With nouns or pronouns as subjects.
    1.
    Bonum esse, to be morally good, honest:

    nunc mihi bonae necessum est esse ingratiis, Quamquam esse nolo,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 82:

    bonam ego quam beatam me esse nimio dici mavolo,

    id. Poen. 1, 2, 93; so id. Capt. 2, 1, 44; id. Men. 4, 2, 6; id. Rud. prol. 29:

    itaque viros fortes magnanimos eosdem, bonos et simplices... esse volumus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; cf. id. ib. 3, 21, 84; id. Att. 15, 6, 1:

    Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat,

    Sall. C. 54, 5:

    ut politiora, non ut meliora fiant ingenia,

    Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 5 fin. —
    2.
    To be beneficial, prosperous, advantageous, valuable, favorable, serviceable, correct, with reference to both persons and things as subjects, and in regard to physical and mental relations:

    jam istuc non bonumst,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 29; Cato, R. R. 157:

    oleum viridius et melius fiet,

    id. ib. 3:

    vinum ut alvum bonam faciat,

    to correct the bowels, id. ib. 156:

    quid est homini salute melius?

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 127:

    non optuma haec sunt, verum meliora quam deterruma,

    id. Trin. 2, 3, 1:

    quid est quod huc possit quod melius sit accedere?

    Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 41; 1, 18, 57; id. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:

    in quo (vestitu), sicut in plerisque rebus, mediocritas optima est,

    id. Off. 1, 36, 130; 2, 17, 59; id. Inv. 1, 31, 51; id. Or. 2, 6; 11, 36:

    meliorem tamen militem... in futura proelia id certamen fecit,

    Liv. 2, 51, 3:

    parvus ut est cygni melior canor, ille gruum quam Clamor,

    Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 191:

    si meliora dies, ut vina, poemata reddit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 34.—So in the optative formula:

    quod bonum, faustum, felixque sit,

    Liv. 1, 28, 7; 1, 17, 10; 39, 15, 1; 3, 54;

    3, 34.—Also, quod bonum atque fortunatum mihi sit,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 50;

    and with a noun as subject: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix, fortunataque evenat,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3.—
    3.
    To be kind:

    bonus cum probis'st (erus), malus cum malis,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 22:

    hic si vellet bonus ac benignus Esse,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 52.—
    4.
    With reference to the gods:

    ecastor ambae (Fortuna et Salus sunt bonae,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 129:

    Palladis aut oculos ausa negare bonos (esse),

    Prop. 3, 24, 12 (2, 28, 12).—
    B.
    Impers.
    1.
    Bonum est (very rare for the class. bene est; v. bene).
    (α).
    Without a subject:

    bonum sit!

    may it be fortunate, favorable! Verg. E. 8, 106.—
    (β).
    With subject inf.:

    nam et stulte facere, et stulte fabularier in aetate haud bonum est,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 61:

    bonum est pauxillum amare, insane non bonum est,

    id. Curc. 1, 3,20.—
    2.
    Melius est.
    (α).
    With subject inf.:

    melius sanam est mentem sumere,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 51:

    nihil sentire est melius quam tam prava sentire,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125; cf. id. Fin. 1, 19, 62; id. Off. 1, 43, 156; so,

    melius fuit, fuisset, or fuerat,

    it would have been better, id. N. D. 3, 33; id. Sen. 23, 82; id. Off. 3, 25, 94:

    proinde quiesse erit melius,

    Liv. 3, 48, 3; 3, 41, 3; Verg. A. 11, 303.—
    (β).
    With subject inf.-clause:

    meliu'st te quae sunt mandata tibi praevortier,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 125; id. Men. 5, 9, 32.—
    (γ).
    With ut-clause:

    quid melius quam ut hinc intro abeam et me suspendam clanculum,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 145; so id. Ps. 4, 7, 18.—
    (δ).
    With subjectclause in the subjunctive:

    nunc quid mihi meliu'st quam ilico hic opperiar erum,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 22.—
    3.
    Optimum est.
    (α).
    With subject inf.:

    optimum visum est, captivos quam primum deportare,

    Liv. 23, 34, 8:

    si quis dicit optimum esse navigare,

    Sen. Ot. Sap. 8, 4 (32 fin.); so, optimum fuit, it would have been better, and optimum erat, it would be better, Quint. 6, prooem. 3; 11, 2, 33; Hor. S. 2, 1, 7.—
    (β).
    With inf.-clause:

    constituerunt optimum esse, domum suam quemque reverti,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 10: optimum visum est, in fluctuantem aciem tradi equos, etc., Liv 6, 24, 10; 22, 27, 6.—
    (γ).
    With ut and subj:

    hoc vero optimum, ut is qui, etc., id ultimum bonorum, id ipsum quid et quale sit nesciat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 6.—
    (δ).
    With quod:

    illa vero optima (sunt) quod cum Haluntium venisset Archagathum vocari jussit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 51:

    optimum vero (est) quod dictaturae nomen in perpetuum de re publica sustulisti,

    id. Phil. 2, 36, 91.—
    (ε).
    With second sup., in the phrase optumum factu est (where factu is redundant):

    sed hoc mihi optumum factu arbitror,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 16:

    optimum factu esse duxerant frumento... nostros prohibere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 30:

    optumum factu credens exercitum augere,

    Sall. C. 32, 1 (Kritz, factum); 57, 5 (Kritz, factum).
    IV.
    Ellipt. use: di meliora, i. e. dent or velint, i. e. let the gods grant better things than what you say, etc.; God forbid! in full:

    di melius duint,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 16:

    di meliora velint!

    Ov. M. 7, 37.—Ellipt.:

    di meliora! inquit,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 47:

    id ubi mulier audivit, perturbata, dii meliora inquit, etc.,

    Liv. 39, 10, 2; 9, 9, 6; Verg. G. 3, 513;

    similarly, di melius, i. e. fecerunt,

    Val. Max. 6, 1, ext. 3.
    V.
    With object expressed,
    1.
    By dat.
    (α).
    = good, useful, beneficial for:

    ambula, id lieni optumum est,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 25:

    quia vobis eadem quae mihi bona malaque esse intellexi,

    Sall. C. 20, 3:

    bona bello Cornus, jaculis, etc.,

    Verg. G. 2, 447.—
    (β).
    = benignus or propitius, kind to:

    vicinis bonus esto,

    Cato, R. R. 4:

    bene merenti mala es, male merenti bona es,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 3:

    vos o mihi Manes, Este boni,

    Verg. A. 12, 647.—
    (γ).
    = idoneus, fit for, adapted to:

    qui locus vino optimus dicetur esse,

    Cato, R. R. 6:

    tum erit ei rei optumum tempus,

    id. ib. 26:

    terra cui putre solum, Optima frumentis,

    Verg. G. 2, 205; 2, 319; 1, 286.—
    (δ).
    With sum and dat., in the phrase alicui bono est, it is of service to one, profits him:

    accusant in quibus occidi patrem Sex. Roscii bono fuit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:

    bono fuisse Romanis adventum eorum constabat,

    Liv. 7, 12, 4.—Hence, with rel. dat.: cui bono (est), for whose advantage it is:

    quod si quis usurpet illud Cassianum cui bono fuerit, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 35:

    cui bono fuisset,

    id. Rosc. Am. 30, 84; id. Mil. 12, 32 Ascon. ad loc.; cf.

    ellipt. form cui bono?

    Prisc. p. 1208 P.—
    (ε).
    With dat. gerund:

    ager oleto conserundo qui in Favonium spectavit, aliis bonus nullus erit,

    Cato, R. R. 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 24:

    (mons) quia pecori bonus alendo erat,

    Liv. 29, 31; 9, 10.—
    2.
    By ad and acc.:

    refert et ad quam rem bona aut non bona sit,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 91:

    occasio quaeritur idoneane fuerit ad rem adoriendam, an alia melior,

    Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7:

    non campos modo militi Romano ad proelium bonos, etc.,

    Tac. A. 2, 14.

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    argūmentum, i, n. [arguo].
    I.
    A.. The means by which an assertion or assumption may be made clear, proved, an argument, evidence, proof (and in particular, that which rests upon facts, while ratio is that which depends upon reasoning):

    argumentum est ratio, quae rei dubiae facit fidem,

    Cic. Top. 2, 7: quid est argumentum? Probabile inventum ad faciendam fidem, id. Part. Or. 2:

    argumentum est ratio probationem praestans, quā colligitur aliquid per aliud, et quae, quod est dubium, per id quod dubium non est, confirmat,

    Quint. 5, 10, 11:

    de eā re signa atque argumenta paucis verbis eloquar,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 35; 1, 1, 267; id. Rud. 4, 3, 84; id. Truc. 2, 6, 26 al.:

    commemorando Argumenta fidem dictis conradere,

    Lucr. 1, 401; so id. 1, 417:

    argumenta multa et firma ad probandum,

    Cic. Brut. 78, 272:

    aliquid exemplis magis quam argumentis refellere,

    id. de Or. 1, 19, 88:

    argumento esse,

    Liv. 5, 44; 39, 51:

    litterae ad senatum missae argumentum fuere, etc.,

    id. 8, 30:

    In argumentum fidei retentum pallium ostendit marito,

    Vulg. Gen. 39, 16; ib. Act. 1, 3:

    inopia fecerat eam (rem parvam) argumentum ingens caritatis,

    Liv. 5, 47:

    libertatis argumentum,

    Tac. G. 25:

    Est fides argumentum non apparentium,

    Vulg. Heb. 11, 22:

    addit pro argumento,

    Suet. Calig. 8:

    velut argumentum rursus conditae urbis,

    id. ib. 16:

    levibus utrimque argumentis,

    id. Galb. 7 et saep.—
    B.
    A sign by which any thing is known, a mark, token, evidence:

    animi laeti Argumenta,

    signs, indications, Ov. M. 4, 762:

    voti potentis,

    id. ib. 8, 745: unguentarii myrrham digerunt haud difficulter odoris atque pinguetudinis argumentis, according to the indications of smell, etc., Plin. 12, 15, 35, § 68:

    caelum quidem haud dubie caelati argumenti dicimus,

    id. 2, 4, 3, § 8:

    amoris hoc est argumentum, non malignitatis,

    Petr. 137, 8:

    argumenta viri, i. e. indicia,

    Juv. 9, 85 al. —
    II.
    The matter which lies at the basis of any written or artistic representation, contents, subject, theme, argument, hupothesis:

    Argumentum plura significat. Nam et fabulae ad actum scaenicarum compositae argumenta dicuntur: et orationum Ciceronis velut thema ipse exponens Pedianus, argumentum, inquit, tale est: quo apparet omnem ad scribendum destinatam materiam ita appellari,

    Quint. 5, 10, 9 and 10.
    A.
    Of every kind of representation in writing.
    1.
    Lit.:

    argumentum est ficta res, quae tamen fieri potuit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 19; id. Att. 15, 4, 3:

    tabulae novae, quid habent argumenti, nisi ut, etc.,

    what is their drift? what do they mean? id. Off. 2, 23, 84:

    epistulae,

    id. Att. 10, 13; 9, 10; 1, 19.
    a.
    But esp. freq., the subject-matter of a poem or fictitious writing, the subject, contents:

    post argumentum hujus eloquar tragoediae,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 51; cf. id. ib. 96; so id. Trin. 3, 2, 81:

    argumentum narrare,

    Ter. And. prol. 6:

    fabulae,

    id. Ad. prol. 22:

    Livius Andronicus ab saturis ausus est primus argumento fabulam serere,

    i. e. a scenic representation of a subject in its connection, Liv. 7, 2:

    spectaculum, quo argumenta inferorum explicarentur,

    Suet. Calig. 57.—Hence,
    b.
    Meton. ( part for the whole), a poem in gen.:

    explicare argumenti exitum,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 53:

    hoc argumento se describi sentiat,

    Phaedr. 4, 8; so id. 4, 16; 5, 3; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 29 fin.:

    sumque argumenti conditor ipse mei,

    I am myself the subject of my poem, Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 10.—
    2.
    Trop., intrinsic worth, reality, truth:

    haec tota fabella... quam est sine argumento,

    without value, reality, Cic. Cael. 27:

    non sine argumento maledicere,

    not without some reason, id. ib. 3 fin. —
    B.
    The subject of artistic representations ( sculpture, painting, embroidery. etc.):

    ex ebore diligentissime perfecta argumenta erant in valvis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56:

    (cratera) fabricaverat Alcon Hyleus, et longo caelaverat argumento,

    Ov. M. 13, 684; cf. id. ib. 2, 5 sq.:

    vetus in telā deducitur argumentum,

    id. ib. 6, 69; Verg. A. 7, 791:

    Parrhasii tabulae,

    Suet. Tib. 44.— In philos. lang., a conclusion, a syllogism:

    Nam concludi non potest nisi iis, quae ad concludendum sumpta erunt, ita probatis ut falsa ejusdem modi nulla possint esse,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44 al.

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  • 23 suī

        suī (gen.), dat. sibi or sibī, acc. and abl. sē or (more emphatic) sēsē (strengthened sēpse for sē ipse, C.; sēmet, L., H.), sing. and plur, pron. of 3d pers.    [suus].    I. Reflex.    A. Himself, herself, itself, themselves.—Referring to the grammatical subj —Acc., as direct obj: si is posset ab eā sese avellere, T.: per eos, ne causam diceret, se eripuit, Cs.: homo se erexit: se a Gallis auro redemisse, L.: se gerere, to behave: ipse enim se quisque diligit: se ipsum conligere.—With gerundive: ne sui in perpetuum liberandi occasio, Cs.: sui conservandi causā profugere: is sibi legationem ad civitates suscepit, Cs.: propositā sibi morte: Medus infestus sibi, H.: tantos sibi spiritūs sumpserat, Cs.: inimicus ipse sibi putandus est.— Gen obj.: amans sui virtus: dux oblitus sui: potens sui, H.: caecus amor sui, H.: facultatem sui insequendi ademerat, Cs.—Acc. or abl., with praepp.: ducit secum virginem, T.: pro se quisque sedulo Faciebant, each one singly, T.: cum pro se quisque tenderent ad portas, L.: equitatum ante se mittit, Cs.: litterae ad se ab amico missae: exercitus, quantum in se fuit, etc., L.—Referring to a logical subject.—To a definite subject: multis illi in urbibus reficiendi se et curandi potestas fuit: Faustulo spes fuerat regiam stirpem apud se educari, L.: invenere oppidanos vim hostium ab se arcentes, L.—To an indefinite subject, oneself: deforme est de se ipsum praedicare: ut, quanti quisque se ipse faciat, tanti fiat ab amicis.—    B. In dependent clauses, as pers. pron. 3 d pers., with reflex. reference, him, her, it, them, he, she, they.—In gen., referring to the grammatical subject of the principal clause: impetrat a senatu, ut dies sibi prorogaretur: Ubii legatos mittunt, qui doceant... neque ab se fidem laesam, Cs.: in urbibus, quae ad se defecerant, praesidia imposuit, S.— Referring to a logical subject: a regibus litterae, quibus mihi gratias agant, quod se reges appellaverim: cum legati ad eum venissent oratum, ut sibi ignosceret, Cs.—In orat. obliquā, referring to the person whose words are reported: nuntium mittit... sese diutius sustinere non posse, Cs.: non sese Gallis, sed Gallos sibi bellum intulisse, Cs.: dato responso (a Thyrreensibus), nullam se novam societatem accepturos, L.—In subordinate clauses, with subjunct.: qui abs te taciti requirunt, cur sibi hoc oneris imposueris: conclamavit, quid ad se venirent? Cs.: multa pollicens, si se conservasset, N.—With subj. (sub-oblique), expressing the view of the reported speaker: Caesarem iniuriam facere, qui vectigalia sibi deteriora faceret, Cs.: quod nec paratus... obsecutus esset, credidissetque, cum se vidissent Aetoli, omnia, etc., L. —Instead of the proper case of is or ipse (to suggest the point of view of the person referred to): Unum hoc scio, esse meritam, ut memor esses sui, T.: quem Caesar, ut erat de se meritus, donatum pronuntiavit, Cs.: statuit urbīs, quae... adversum se opportunissimae erant, circumvenire, S.: centum boves militibus dono dedit, qui secum fuerant, L.—    C. Idiomatic uses, with ad or apud, to one's house, at home: qui a me petierit ut secum et apud se essem cottidie: Num tibi videtur esse apud sese? in his senses, T.— Dat pleonast., of the person interested, for himself: quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit? T.: mirantes, quid sibi vellet, L.— Colloq., with suus (old): Suo sibi gladio hunc iugulo, his very own, T.—    II. As pron recipr., each other, one another: nuntiatum... patres ac plebem in semet ipsos versos, L.; usu. in the phrase, inter se, one another, each other, mutually, reciprocally: video eos inter se amare, T.: neque solum colent inter se ac diligent: ut neque inter se contingant trabes, Cs.: adhaesiones atomorum inter se: collīs duos propinquos inter se occupat, S.
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    (gen.) PRON REFLEX
    him/her/it/ones-self; him/her/it; them (selves) (pl.); each other, one another

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  • 24 censeo

    1.
    cēnseo (on the long e, v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, p. 257 sq.), ui, censum (late Lat. censitum, Cod. Just. 11, 47 tit.; 11, 49 tit.; 11, 47, 4 al.; but not in Monum. Ancyr.; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 557), 2, v. a. [etym. dub.; often referred to root cas-, whence carmen, camoenus; but prob. from centum, orig. centere, to hundred or number the people; cf. Fischer, Gram. 1, p. 373].
    I.
    To tax, assess, rate, estimate.
    A.
    In reference to the census (v. census).
    1.
    Of the censor (v. censor).
    (α).
    Rarely act. with acc. of the persons or objects assessed or rated; but usu. pass., with subj. -nom.:

    censores populi aevitates, suboles, familias, pecuniasque censento,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:

    census quom sum, juratori recte rationem dedi,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 30:

    censor ad quojus censionem, id est arbitrium, populus censeretur,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 81 Mull.:

    census... indicat eum qui sit census se jam tum gessisse pro cive,

    Cic. Arch. 5, 11: absentis censere jubere, P. Scipio ap. Gell. 5, 19, 16: ne absens censeare. Cic. Att. 1, 18, 8:

    sub lustrum censeri,

    id. ib.:

    milia octoginta eo lustro civium censa dicuntur,

    Liv. 1, 44, 2:

    censa civium capita centum septendecim milia trecenta undeviginti,

    id. 3, 24, 10; id. Epit. lib. 11; 13; 14:

    censebantur ejus aetatis lustris ducena quinquagena milia capitum,

    id. 9, 19, 2:

    cum capitum liberorum censa essent CLII. milia,

    Plin. 33, 1, 5, § 16: quid se vivere, quid in parte civium censeri, si... id obtinere universi non possint? Liv 7, 18, 5.—
    (β).
    With the amount at which the property was rated, in the acc.: or abl.:

    praesertim census equestrem Summam nummorum,

    being assessed with the estate necessary to a Roman knight, Hor. A. P. 383:

    primae classis homines quicentum et viginti quinque milia aeris ampliusve censi erant... Ceterarumque omnium classium qui minore summa aeris censebantur,

    Gell. 7 (6), 13, 1 sq.—Hence, capite censi, those who were assessed ac cording to their ability to labor: qui nullo [p. 312] aut perquam parvo aere censebantur capite censi vocabantur. Extremus autem census capite censorum aeris fuit trecentis septuaginta quinque, Jul. Paul. ap. Gell. 16, 10, 10; Sall. J. 86, 2; Gell. 16, 10, 11; 16, 10, 14; Val. Max. 2, 3, 1; 7, 6, 1;

    and in the finite verb: omnia illius (i. e. sapientis) esse dicimus, cum... capite censebitur,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 8, 1. —
    (γ).
    Absol. in gerund.: censendi, censendo, ad censendum = census agendi, censui agendo, etc.: haec frequentia quae convenit ludorum censendique causa (i.e. census agendi causa, for the sake of the census), Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 54:

    mentio inlata apud senatum est, rem operosam... suo proprio magistratu egere... cui arbitrium formulae censendi subiceretur,

    the scheme for taking the census, Liv. 4, 8, 4:

    quia is censendo finis factus est,

    id. 1, 44, 2:

    civis Romanos ad censendum ex provinciis in Italiam revocarunt,

    Vell. 2, 15:

    aetatem in censendo significare necesse est... aetas autem spectatur censendi tempore,

    Dig. 50, 15, 3.—
    (δ).
    Censum censere = censum agere, only in the gerundial dat.:

    illud quaero, sintne illa praedia censui censendo, habeant jus civile,

    are they subject to the census, Cic. Fl. 32, 80: censores... edixerunt, legem censui censendo dicturos esse ut, etc., that he would add a rule for the taking of the census, according to which, etc., Liv. 43, 14, 5: censui censendo agri proprie appellantur qui et emi et venire jure civili possunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 5 Mull.—
    2.
    Of the assessment of the provinces under provincial officers (censores, and, under the later emperors, censitores).
    (α).
    Pass., with the territory as subject-nom.: quinto quoque anno Sicilia tota censetur;

    erat censa praetore Paeducaeo... quintus annus cum in te praetorem incidisset, censa denuo est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 56, § 139:

    omne territorium censeatur quoties, etc.,

    Cod. Just. 11, 58 (57), 4.—
    (β).
    The persons assessed as subject:

    ubi (coloni) censiti atque educati natique sunt,

    Cod. Just. 11, 48 (47), 6:

    quos in locis eisdem censitos esse constabit,

    ib. 11, 48 (47), 4.—With part. as attribute:

    rusticos censitosque servos vendi,

    Cod. Just. 11, 48 (47), 7.—
    (γ).
    To determine by the census:

    cum antea per singulos viros, per binas vero mulieres capitis norma sit censa,

    Cod. Just. 11, 48 (47), 10:

    nisi forte privilegio aliquo materna origo censeatur,

    Dig. 50, 1, 1, § 2.—
    (δ).
    Act. with acc.:

    vos terras vestras levari censitione vultis, ego vero etiam aerem vestrum censere vellem,

    Spart. Pescen. Nig. 7.—
    3.
    Of the person assessed, to value, make a statement of one ' s property in the census.
    (α).
    Act. with acc.:

    in qua tribu ista praedia censuisti?

    Cic. Fl. 32, 80.—
    (β).
    Censeri, as dep. with acc.:

    census es praeterea numeratae pecuniae CXXX. Census es mancipia Amyntae... Cum te audisset servos suos esse censum, constabat inter omnes, si aliena censendo Decianus sua facere posset, etc.,

    Cic. Fl. 32, 80; cf. Ov. P. 1, 2, 140; v. B. 2. c.—
    4.
    Hence, subst.: cēnsum, i, n.: quorum luxuries fortunata censa peperit, i.e. high estimates of property in the census, Cic. ap. Non. 202, 23 (Fragm. vol. xi. p. 134 B. and K.).
    B.
    Transf., of things and persons in gen., to value, estimate, rate.
    1.
    By a figure directly referring to the Roman census: aequo mendicus atque ille opulentissimus Censetur censu ad Acheruntem mortuus, will be rated by an equal census, i.e. in the same class, without considering their property, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 93: vos qui potestis ope vostra censerier, referring to a part of the audience, you, who may be rated according to your intelligence, analog. to capite censi (v. I. A. 1. b), id. Capt. prol. 15:

    nam argumentum hoc hic censebitur,

    will be rated, its census-class will be determined here, id. Poen. prol. 56: id in quoque optimum esse debet cui nascitur, quo censetur, according to which he is rated, i.e. his worth is determined, Sen. Ep. 76, 8.—And with two acc.: quintus Phosphorus, Junonia, immo Veneris stella censetur, is ranked as the fifth, App. de Mundo, p. 710.—
    2.
    With direct reference to the census.
    a.
    = aestimo, to estimate, weigh, value, appreciate.
    (α).
    With gen. of price:

    dic ergo quanti censes?

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 8, 8.—
    (β).
    In the pass.: si censenda nobis atque aestimanda res sit, utrum tandem pluris aestimemus pecuniam Pyrrhi? etc., if we have to weigh and estimate a thing, etc., Cic. Par. 6, 2, 48:

    anule... In quo censendum nil nisi dantis amor,

    Ov. Am. 2, 15, 2:

    interim autem facta sola censenda dicit atque in judicium vocanda,

    Gell. 7 (6), 3, 47.—
    b.
    = honorari, celebrari, with de aliquo, = for the sake of somebody (in Ovid):

    pro quibus ut maneat, de quo censeris, amicus, Comprecor, etc.,

    the friend for the sake of whom you are celebrated, who is the cause of your renown, Ov. P. 2, 5, 73:

    hoc domui debes de qua censeris,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 75.—
    c.
    Censeri, dep., = to distinguish, with acc. only once or twice in Ovid (v. I. A. 3. b):

    hanc semper... Est inter comites Marcia censa suas,

    has always distinguished her, Ov. P. 1, 2, 140.—
    d.
    Censeri aliqua re.
    (α).
    = to be appreciated, distinguished, celebrated for some quality, as if the quality were a standard determining the census, analog. to capite censeri (v. I. A. 1. b), very freq. in post-class. writings:

    Democritus cum divitiis censeri posset,

    when he might have been celebrated for his wealth, Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 4:

    Aristides quo totius Graeciae justitia censetur (quo = cujus justitia),

    id. 5, 3, ext. 3 med.: te custode matronalis stola censetur ( = tua, i.e. pudicitiae, custodia), the stola, etc., is appreciated for thy custody, id. 6, 1 prooem.:

    una adhuc victoria Carius Metius censebatur,

    Tac. Agr. 45:

    ut ipsi quoque qui egerunt non aliis magis orationibus censeantur,

    id. Dial. 39 fin.: non vitibus tantum censeri Chium, sed et operibus Anthermi filiorum, is celebrated not only for its grapes, but, etc., Plin. 36, 5, 2, § 12:

    et Galliae censentur hoc reditu,

    id. 19, 1, 2, § 7:

    quisquis paulo vetustior miles, hic te commilitone censetur,

    is distinguished for the fact that you were his fellow-soldier, Plin. Pan. 15 fin.:

    multiplici variaque doctrina censebatur,

    Suet. Gram. 10:

    felix quae tali censetur munere tellus,

    Mart. 9, 16, 5: censetur Apona Livio suo tellus, = for the fact that Livy was born there, id. 1, 61, 3:

    hi duo longaevo censentur Nestore fundi,

    for the fact that Nestor used them, id. 8, 6, 9:

    nec laude virorum censeri contenta fuit (Iberia),

    Claud. Laud. Seren. 67:

    libri mei non alia laude carius censentur, quam quod judicio vestro comprobantur,

    App. Flor. 4, 18, 3.—Hence,
    (β).
    = to be known by something (Appuleian):

    hoc nomine censebatur jam meus dominus,

    App. M. 8, p. 171:

    nomen quo tu censeris aiebat,

    id. ib. 5, p. 106: pro studio bibendi quo solo censetur, either known by, or distinguished for, id. Mag. p. 499:

    globorum caelestium supremum esse eum qui inerrabili meatu censetur,

    which is known by its unerring course, id. Phil. Nat. 1, p. 582.— And,
    (γ).
    As gram. t. t., to be marked by some peculiarity, according to which a word is classified: neque de armis et moeniis infitias eo quin figura multitudinis perpetua censeantur, that they are marked by the form of constant plurality, i. e. that they are pluralia tantum, Gell. 19, 8, 5; 10, 20, 8; 19, 13, 3.
    II.
    Of transactions in and by the Senate, to judge (in the meanings II. and III. the passive voice is not in class. use, while in I. the passive voice is by far the most freq.).
    A.
    To be of opinion, to propose, to vote, to move, referring to the votes of the senators when asked for their opinions (sententiam dicere).
    1.
    With a (passive) inf.-clause, denoting what should be decreed by the Senate (esse usu. omitted): rex his ferme verbis patres consulebat... Dic, inquit ei, quid censes? tum ille Puro pioque duello quaerendas (res) censeo, I am of the opinion ( I move, propose) that satisfaction should be sought, etc., ancient formula ap. Liv. 1, 32, 11 sq.:

    primum igitur acta Caesaris servanda censeo,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 16:

    hoc autem tempore ita censeo decernendum,

    id. ib. 5, 17, 45; 5, 6, 16; 5, 12, 31; 5, 12, 34; 5, 13, 36; 5, 14, 38; 5, 19, 53; 6, 1, 2; 9, 6, 14; 11, 15, 40; 12, 7, 17; 14, 1, 1; 14, 13, 35; cf.

    Regulus's advice in the Senate, being represented as a vote: captivos in senatu reddendos non censuit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 13, 39; 3, 31, 111:

    quare ita ego censeo... de confessis more majorum supplicium sumendum,

    Sall. C. 52, 36; 51, 8; 52, 14:

    Appius imperio consulari rem agendam censebat,

    Liv. 2, 23, 15:

    ut multi (senatores) delendam urbem censerent,

    id. 9, 26, 3; 2, 29, 7; 3, 40, 13; 10, 12, 1; 34, 4, 20; 38, 54, 6: cum ejus diei senatus consulta aureis litteris figenda in curia censuisset, Tac. A. 3, 57:

    ut nonnulli dedendum eum hostibus censuerint,

    Suet. Caes. 24; so id. ib. 14; id. Aug. 100; id. Tib. 4; id. Calig. 60; id. Claud. 26; id. Ner. 2; id. Vesp. 2. Of the emperor's vote in the Senate:

    commutandam censuit vocem, et pro peregrina nostratem requirendam,

    Suet. Tib. 71; so id. ib. 34; id. Aug. 55.—And with the copula expressed (very rare):

    qui censet eos... morte esse multandos,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 4, 7.—Sometimes referring to sententia as subject:

    sententia quae censebat reddenda bona (inst. of eorum qui censebant),

    Liv. 2, 4, 3.—Sometimes with oportere for the gerundial predic. inf.:

    quibusdam censentibus (eum) Romulum appellari oportere,

    Suet. Aug. 7.—With pres. inf., inst. of a gerundial:

    hac corona civica L. Gellius in senatu Ciceronem consulem donari a re publica censuit,

    Gell. 5, 6, 15 (cf. II. B. 1. b.).—If the opinion of the senator does not refer to the chief question, but to incidental points, the predic. inf. may have any form:

    eas leges quas M. Antonius tulisse dicitur omnes censeo per vim et contra auspicia latas, eisque legibus populum non teneri,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 10:

    cum magna pars senatus... cum tyrannis bellum gerendum fuisse censerent... et urbem recipi, non capi, etc.,

    Liv. 26, 32, 2.—
    2.
    With ut, and negatively, ut ne or ne, generally when the clause has an active predicate, but also with passives instead of the gerundial inf.-clause:

    de ea re ita censeo uti consules designati dent operam uti senatus Kal. Jan. tuto haberi possit,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 15, 37:

    censeo ut iis qui in exercitu Antonii sunt, ne sit ea res fraudi, si, etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 12, 34:

    censebant omnes fere (senatores) ut in Italia supplementum meis et Bibuli legionibus scriberetur,

    id. Fam. 3, 3, 1:

    Cn. Pompeius (in senatu) dixit, sese... censere ut ad senatus auctoritatem populi quoque Romani beneficium erga me adjungeretur,

    id. Sest. 34, 74:

    quas ob res ita censeo: eorum qui cum M. Antonio sunt, etc.... iis fraudi ne sit quod cum M. Antonio fuerint,

    id. Phil. 8, 11, 33:

    Calidius, qui censebat ut Pompeius in suas provincias proficisceretur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 2:

    censuerunt quidam (senatores) ut Pannonicus, alii ut Invictus cognominaretur,

    Suet. Tib. 17:

    iterum censente ut Trebianis... concederetur (of the emperor's vote in the Senate),

    id. ib. 31.—And an inf.-clause, with neu or ut:

    sed ita censeo: publicandas eorum pecunias, etc.: neu quis postea de his ad senatum referat, etc.,

    Sall. C. 51, 43:

    qui partem bonorum publicandam, pars ut liberis relinqueretur, censuerat,

    Tac. A. 4, 20.—
    3.
    With a subj.-clause, without ut (rare in this connection;

    v. III. C. 3.): K. Fabius censuit... occuparent patres ipsi suum munus facere, captivum agrum plebi quam maxime aequaliter darent,

    Liv. 2, 48, 2.— And ironically with regard to incidental points: vereamini censeo ne... nimis aliquid severe statuisse videamini, I propose you should be afraid of having decreed too severe a punishment = of course, you will not be afraid, etc., Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 13: misereamini censeo—deliquere homines adulescentuli per ambitionem—atque etiam armatos dimittatis, I propose that you pity them, etc., or I advise you to be merciful, Sall. C. 52, 26.—
    4.
    Ellipt., with a gerundial clause understood:

    dic quid censes (i. e. decernendum),

    Liv. 1, 32, 11: quod ego mea sententia censebam (i.e. decernendum), Cato ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 5, 2:

    senati decretum fit, sicut ille censuerat,

    Sall. C. 53, 1:

    quas ob res ita censeo... senatui placere, etc. ( = ita decernendum censeo, etc.),

    Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 15, § 17 sq.; 10, 11, 25 sq.; 11, 12, 29 sq.; 14, 14, 36 sq.—
    5.
    = sententiam dicere, to tell, to express one ' s opinion in the Senate (post-class.).
    (α).
    Absol.: Priscus Helvidius.. contra studium ejus (sc. Vitellii) censuerat, had voted, or had expressed an opinion against his wishes, Tac. H. 2, 91:

    cum parum sit, in senatu breviter censere, nisi, etc.,

    id. Dial. 36 fin.:

    sententias... prout libuisset perrogabat... ac si censendum magis quam adsentiendum esset,

    Suet. Aug. 35:

    igitur Cn. Piso, quo, inquit, loco censebis, Caesar? si primus, etc.,

    Tac. A. 1, 74.—
    (β).
    With adjectives in the neuter, substantively used: nec quoquam reperto (in senatu) qui... referre aut censere aliquid auderet, who dared to express an opinion on any [p. 313] thing, Suet. Caes. 20:

    per dissensionem diversa censentium,

    of the senators who expressed different opinions, id. Claud. 10.—
    (γ).
    With interrog. or rel.-clause:

    deinde ageret senatorem et censeret quid corrigi aut mutari vellet,

    Tac. A. 16, 28:

    cum censeat aliquis (in senatu) quod ex parte mihi placeat,

    Sen. Ep. 21, 9.
    B.
    Of the decrees or resolutions of the Senate, = decernere, placere, to resolve, decree.
    1.
    With inf.-clause.
    a.
    With gerund, without copula (v. II. A. 1.):

    eum, cujus supplicio senatus sollennes religiones expiandas saepe censuit,

    Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

    eos senatus non censuit redimendos,

    id. Off. 3, 32, 114; so id. N. D. 2, 4, 10; id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15:

    senatus Caelium ab republica removendum censuit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 21:

    senatus censuit frequens coloniam Labicos deducendam,

    Liv. 4, 47, 6; 5, 24, 4:

    cum bello persequendos Tusculanos patres censuissent,

    id. 6, 25, 5; 3, 42, 6; 3, 49, 8; 7, 19, 7 et saep.—
    b.
    With pres. inf. pass. or act., with the force of a gerundial:

    de bonis regiis quae reddi antea censuerant ( = reddenda),

    Liv. 2, 5, 1:

    munera mitti legatis ex binis milibus aeris censuerunt (i.e. patres),

    id. 43, 5, 8; so id. 45, 44, 15 (v. 2. b.):

    eundem jus dicere Romae... patres censuerant,

    id. 45, 12, 13:

    cum senatus unum consulem, nominatimque Gnaeum Pompeium fieri censuisset,

    Suet. Caes. 26.—With both act. and pass. inf.:

    censuere patres, duas provincias Hispaniam rursus fieri... et Macedoniam Illyricumque eosdem... obtinere,

    Liv. 45, 16, 1.—With both pres. pass. and gerund. inff.:

    haec ita movere senatum, ut non expectanda comitia consuli censerent, sed dictatorem... dici,

    Liv. 27, 5, 14.—

    And with velle: senatus verbis nuntient, velle et censere eos ab armis discedere, etc.,

    Sall. J. 21, 4.—
    2.
    With ut or ne.
    a.
    In the words of the Senate, according to formula: quod L. Opimius verba fecit de re publica, de ea re ita censuerunt uti L. Opimius consul rem publicam defenderet, etc., ancient S. C. ap. Cic. Phil. 8, 4, 14: quod, etc., de ea re ita censuerunt ut M. Pomponius praetor animadverteret curaretque ut si, etc., S. C. ap. Suet. Rhet. 1; Gell. 15, 4, 1.—And with gerundial inf.-clause: quod C. Julius pontifex... de ea re ita censuerunt, uti M. Antonius consul hostiis majoribus... procuraret... Ibus uti procurasset satis habendum censuerunt, S. C. ap. Gell. 4, 6, 2.—
    b.
    As related by the historians, etc.:

    quoniam senatus censuisset, uti quicunque Galliam provinciam obtineret... Aeduos defenderet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 35:

    patres censuerunt uti consules provincias inter se compararent,

    Liv. 30, 40, 12:

    senatus censuit ut domus ei... publica impensa restitueretur,

    Suet. Claud. 6;

    so with reference to the civil law,

    Dig. 49, 14, 15 quater. —With ne:

    senatum censuisse, ne quis illo anno genitus educaretur,

    Suet. Aug. 94.—And with inf -clause:

    filio regis Nicomedi ex ea summa munera dari censuerunt, et ut victimae... praeberentur,

    Liv. 45, 44, 15.—
    3.
    With a subj.-clause (very rare):

    senatus consulto quo censeretur, darent operam consules, etc.,

    Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 73, 10.—
    4.
    With neutr. acc. pron. in place of a clause:

    cum vero id senatus frequens censuisset (sc. faciendum),

    Cic. Pis. 8, 18:

    ite in suffragium, et quae patres censuerunt vos jubete,

    Liv. 31, 7, 14:

    quodcunque vos censueritis,

    id. 34, 7, 15:

    quodpatres censuissent,

    id. 28, 45, 2.—
    5.
    With accusative of a noun, or a noun as passive subject, to decree or vote a thing (postclass.):

    nec tamen repertum nisi ut effigies principum, aras deum, templa et arcus aliaque solita... censuere,

    Tac. A. 3, 57:

    aram Clementiae, aram Amicitiae, effigiesque... censuere,

    id. ib. 4, 74: cum censeretur clipeus auro et magnitudine insignis inter auctores eloquentiae ( to be placed among, etc.), id. ib. 2, 83.—
    6.
    With both acc. and dat.
    (α).
    The dat. = against:

    bellum Samnitibus et patres censuerunt et populus jussit,

    Liv. 10, 12, 3.—
    (β).
    The dat. = in behalf of:

    censentur Ostorio triumphi insignia,

    Tac. A. 12, 38.—And with ut:

    sententiis eorum qui supplicationes et... vestem Principi triumphalem, utque ovans urbem iniret, effigiesque ejus... censuere,

    id. ib. 13, 8.
    III.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of the opinions and resolutions of other deliberating bodies, or of their members, to resolve, or to be of opinion.
    1.
    With inf.-clause.
    a.
    Gerundial:

    erant qui censerent de tertia vigilia in castra Cornelia recedendum (council of war),

    Caes. B. C. 2, 30:

    erant sententiae quae conandum omnibus modis castraque Vari oppugnanda censerent,

    id. ib.; so id. ib. 2, 31; id. B. G. 2, 31 fin.; 7, 21; 7, 77:

    pontifices, consules, patres conscripti mihi... pecunia publica aedificandam domum censuerunt,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 52: nunc surgendum censeo, I move we adjourn (in a literary meeting), id. de Or. 2, 90, 367:

    cum... pontifices solvendum religione populum censerent,

    Liv. 5, 23, 9:

    nunc has ruinas relinquendas non censerem (in an assembly of the people),

    id. 5, 53, 3:

    ego ita censeo, legatos extemplo Romam mittendos (in the Carthaginian Senate),

    id. 21, 10, 13:

    ante omnia Philippum et Macedonas in societatem belli... censeo deducendos esse (Hannibal in a council of war),

    id. 36, 7, 3; 5, 36, 8; Curt. 10, 6, 22; 10, 8, 12:

    cum septem judices cognovissent, duo censuerunt, reum exilio multandum, duo alii pecunia, tres reliqui capite puniendum,

    Gell. 9, 15, 7.—And with oportere inst. of a gerundial clause (referring to duty):

    neque sine gravi causa eum locum quem ceperant, dimitti censuerant oportere,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 44.—With opus esse ( = expediency):

    Parmenio furto, non proelio opus esse censebat,

    Curt. 10, 8, 12.—
    b.
    With ordinary pres. inf.
    (α).
    In place of a gerundial:

    Antenor censet belli praecidere = praecidendam causam (in a council of war),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 9.—
    (β).
    Denoting opinion about an existing state:

    Hasdrubal ultimam Hispaniae oram... ignaram adhuc Romanorum esse, eoque Carthaginiensibus satis fidam censebat,

    Liv. 27, 20, 6:

    Parmenio non alium locum proelio aptiorem esse censebat,

    Curt. 3, 7, 8.—
    2.
    With ut or ne:

    censeo ut satis diu te putes requiesse et iter reliquum conficere pergas (in a literary meeting),

    Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 290:

    plerique censebant ut noctu iter facerent (council of war),

    Caes. B. C. 1, 67:

    et nunc magnopere censere, ut unam anum... triginta milibus talentum auri permutet (council of war),

    Curt. 4, 11, 12:

    censeout D. Claudius ex hac die deus fiat (council of the gods),

    Sen. Lud. Mort. Claud. 9, 5: antiquos audio censuisse, ne (praenomina) cui ejusdem gentis patricio inderentur, resolved (family council), Gell. 9, 2, 11 (cf. Liv. 6, 20, 14).—
    3.
    With subj.-clause:

    nunc quoque arcessas censeo omnes navalis terrestrisque copias (Hannibal in council of war),

    Liv. 36, 7, 17: censeo relinquamus nebulonem hunc, eamus hinc protinus Jovi Optimo Maximo gratulatum (assembly of the people), Scipio Afric. ap. Gell. 4, 18, 3.—
    4.
    With acc. neutr. of a pron. or adj. substantively used:

    ego pro sententia mea hoc censeo: quandoquidem, etc.,

    Sen. Lud. Mort. Claud. 11, 4:

    nec dubitavere quin vera censeret,

    that his opinion was correct, Curt. 10, 6, 18.—
    5.
    Ellipt.:

    sententiis quarum pars deditionem, pars eruptionem censebat (i.e. faciendam),

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77 init.:

    ita uti censuerant Italici deditionem facit,

    Sall. J. 26, 2; so Caes. B. G. 7, 75.
    B.
    Of the orders of persons in authority (cf. II. B.).
    1.
    Of commanders, etc., by courtesy, inst. of velle, imperare, or a direct imperative sentence.
    (α).
    With gerundial inf. - clause: non tam imperavi quam censui sumptus legatis quam maxime ad legem Corneliam decernendos, I said, not strictly as an order, but as an opinion that, etc. (Cicero as proconsul), Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 6.—
    (β).
    With subj.-clause: arma quae ad me missuri eratis, iis censeo armetis milites quos vobiscum habetis, you had better, etc., Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, 4. —
    2.
    Of an order by the people (rare;

    gen. populus jubet): ita id (foedus) ratum fore si populus censuisset (i. e. confirmandum esse),

    Liv. 21, 19, 3.—
    3.
    Of the later emperors, in their ordinances (censemus = placet nobis, sancimus, imperamus, from the custom of the earlier emperors, who conveyed their commands in the form of an opinion in the senate; v. II. A. 1.).—With inf.clause, ut, ne, and subj.-clause:

    sex mensium spatium censemus debere servari,

    Cod. Just. 11, 48 (47), 7:

    censemus ut, etc.,

    ib. 12, 37 (38), 13:

    censemus ne, etc.,

    ib. 12, 44 (45), 1: censemus vindicet, remaneat, ib. 11, 48 (47), 23:

    in commune jubes si quid censesve tenendum, Primus jussa subi,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 296.
    C.
    Of advice, given by one person to another (further development of III. A.).
    1.
    Ante-class. formula: faciundum censeo = I advise, with ut-clause, with quid, sic, etc.: censeo faciundum ut quadringentos aliquos milites ad verrucam illam ire jubeas, etc., I advise you to order, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 6:

    ego Tiresiam... consulam, Quid faciundum censeat,

    consult Tiresias as to what he advises, for his advice, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 80:

    consulam hanc rem amicos quid faciundum censeant,

    id. Men. 4, 3, 26; id. Most. 3, 1, 23:

    sic faciundum censeo: Da isti cistellam, etc.,

    id. Cist. 4, 2, 104:

    ego sic faciundum censeo: me honestiu'st Quam te, etc.,

    id. As. 4, 2, 11; id. Ep. 2, 2, 91:

    sane faciundum censeo,

    id. Stich. 4, 2, 38.—
    2.
    With ordinary gerundial inf.-clauses:

    narrandum ego istuc militi censebo,

    I advise you to let the soldier know that, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 42:

    exorando sumendam operam censeo,

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 22:

    quid nunc consili captandum censes?

    id. As. 2, 2, 91; id. Mil. 5, 25; id. Most. 1, 3, 115:

    idem tibi censeo faciendum,

    Cic. Off. 10, 1, 3:

    quos quidem tibi studiose et diligenter tractandos magno opere censeo,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 79; id. Fam. 12, 28, 2.—Sometimes by aequum censere with an inf.-clause (in the comic poets):

    amicos consulam quo me modo Suspendere aequom censeant potissumum,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 50: qui homo cum animo... depugnat suo, Utrum ita se esse mavelit ut eum animus aequom censeat, An ita potius ut parentes... velint i. e. as his mind prompts him, id. Trin. 2, 2, 29; cf. E. 1. b. 8.—
    3.
    With a subj.clause (so esp. with censeo in 1 st pers.): censen' hominem interrogem? do you advise me to ask the man? etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 20:

    tu, si videbitur, ita censeo facias ut... supersedeas hoc labore itineris (cf.: faciundum censeo ut, 1. supra),

    Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 4:

    immo plane, inquam, Brute, legas (Gracchum) censeo,

    id. Brut. 33, 125:

    tu, si forte quid erit molestiae te ad Crassum et Calidium conferas censeo,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7:

    tu, censeo, tamen adhibeas Vettium,

    id. Att. 2, 4, 7:

    quae disputari de amicitia possunt, ab iis censeo petatis qui ista profitentur,

    id. Lael. 5, 17: tu, censeo, Luceriam venias: nusquam eris tutius, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 1, 1; 8, 11, A:

    censeo Via Appia iter facias, et celeriter Brundusium venias,

    id. ib. 8, 11, C: ad Caesarem mittas censeo, et ab eo hoc petas, Anton. ib. 10, 10, 2: sed hos tamen numeros censeo videas hodou parergon, Gell. 17, 20, 5:

    quam scit uterque, libens censebo exerceat artem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 44 (cf. Liv. 36, 7, 17, and Gell. 4, 18, 3, quoted III. A. 3.).—Of an advice given to an adversary, with irony:

    cetera si qua putes te occultius facere posse... magnopere censeo desistas,

    I strongly advise you to give up that idea, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 174:

    sed tu, Acci, consideres censeo diligenter, utrum censorum judicium grave esse velis an Egnatii,

    id. Clu. 48, 135:

    postulant ut excipiantur haec inexplicabilia. Tribunum censeant: aliquem adeant: a me... numquam impetrabunt,

    id. Ac. 2, 30, 97:

    ibi quaeratis socios censeo, ubi Saguntina clades ignota est,

    Liv. 21, 19, 10:

    solvas censeo, Sexte, creditori,

    Mart. 2, 13, 2.—And in jest:

    Treviros vites censeo, audio capitalis esse,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2:

    hi Plebei fuerunt, quos contemnas censeo... qua re ad patres censeo revertare,

    id. ib. 9, 21, 3:

    vites censeo porticum Philippi: si te viderit Hercules, peristi,

    Mart. 5, 49, 13; so id. ib. 11, 99, 8; 12, 61, 7.—For ironical senatorial advice, by which the contrary is meant, v. Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 13; Sall. C. 52, 26, quoted II. A. 3.—
    4.
    With an ut-clause (with monere;

    very rare): illud tamen vel tu me monuisse vel censuisse puta... ut tu quoque animum inducas, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 2.—
    5.
    With a clause understood: quo me vortam nescio: Pa. Si deos salutas, dextrovorsum censeo (i.e. id facias or faciundum censeo), Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 70: quo redeam? Pe. Equidem ad phrygionem censeo (i. e. redeas), id. Men. 4, 2, 53:

    quid nunc censes, Chrysale? (i. e. faciundum),

    id. Bacch. 4, 8, 112:

    ita faciam ut frater censuit,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 11:

    tibi igitur hoc censeo (i. e. faciendum): latendum tantisper ibidem, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 4: tu [p. 314] potes Kalendis spectare gladiatores, et ita censeo, id. ib. 16, 20:

    quid censes igitur? Ecquidnam est tui consilii ad? etc.,

    id. Att. 9, 12, 4: quid igitur censet (sapientia)? What is wisdom ' s advice? id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    scribi quid placeat, quid censeas,

    id. Att. 9, 19,4:

    ibitur igitur, et ita quidem ut censes,

    id. ib. 10, 15, 3:

    disce, docendus adhuc, quae censet amiculus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 3.
    D.
    Of opinions and views on general questions, to be of opinion, think, believe, hold (cf.: statuo, existimo, puto, aio, dico; freq. in class. prose; very rare in post-class. writers except Gellius; never with ut, ne, or subj.-clause).
    1.
    With inf.-clause:

    Plato mundum esse factum censet a deo sempiternum,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118:

    Cyrenaici non omni malo aegritudinem effici censent, sed insperato,

    id. Tusc. 3, 13, 28:

    (Hieronymus) censet summum bonum esse sine ulla molestia vivere,

    id. Fin. 2, 5, 16:

    Aristoteles eos qui valetudinis causa furerent, censebat habere aliquid in animis praesagiens,

    id. Div. 1, 38, 81:

    Pythagoras censuit animum esse per naturam rerum omnem intentum et commeantem,

    id. ib. 1, 11, 27; so id. Ac. 1, 11, 40; 2, 42, 131; id. Fin. 1, 6, 20; 3, 15, 49; 3, 19, 64; 3, 21, 70; 4, 7, 17; 5, 7, 17; id. N. D. 1, 2, 3; 1, 2, 4; 1, 12, 29; 1, 13, 35 and 37; 1, 43, 120; 1, 44, 121; 2, 22, 57; 2, 16, 44; id. Sen. 12, 41; id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Tusc. 1, 9, 18; 1, 10, 22; 1, 30, 72; 1, 45, 108; 3, 5, 11; 3, 22, 52; 4, 7, 14; id. Off. 1, 25, 88:

    Plato in civitate communis esse mulieres censuit,

    Gell. 18, 2, 8; 14, 5, 2; 18, 1, 4; 19, 12, 6.—If the opinion refers to what should be observed, oportere or debere is used, or a gerundial predicate with esse (so in Cic., but in Gell. 7, 15, 3, without esse):

    oportere delubra esse in urbibus censeo,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 10, 26:

    M. Varro aeditumum dici oportere censet,

    Gell. 12, 10, 4; 14, 5, 2;

    so with debere,

    id. 17, 5, 5; 13, 8, 4:

    Cyrenaici... virtutem censuerunt ob eam rem esse laudandam,

    Cic. Off. 3, 33, 116:

    (Ennius) non censet lugendam esse mortem quam immortalitas consequatur,

    id. Sen. 20, 73.—
    2.
    An inf.-clause understood:

    (dissensio est), a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur initium. Ego enim ab ultimis censeo (i. e. exordiendum esse),

    Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    si, Mimnermus uti censet, sine amore jocisque Nil est jucundum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 65:

    sic enim censuit,

    Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117.—
    3.
    With neutr. acc. of a pron.: hoc amplius censeo, in addition to the opinions mentioned I hold, etc., Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 2:

    nullo (medico) idem censente,

    Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 11.—
    4.
    With a rel.-clause:

    Aesopus quae utilia... erant, non severe neque imperiose praecepit et censuit,

    he imparted his teachings and views, Gell. 2, 29, 1.—
    5.
    Absol.:

    non adligo me ad unum aliquem ex Stoicis proceribus. Est et mihi censendi jus,

    the right to impart my opinions, Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 2.
    E.
    In gen., = arbitror, puto, existimo, judico (cf.: idem enim valet censere et arbitrari, Varr. ap. Non. p. 519, 29: censere nunc significat putare, nunc suadere, nunc decernere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 54, 11 Mull.).
    1.
    To judge, think, believe, suppose (freq. in ante-class. writings; very rare in Cic. except in the particular meanings, a.—ironically—and d.; always with inf.-clause expressed or understood).
    a.
    In gen.:

    atque ego censui abs te posse hoc me impetrare,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 12 sq.:

    satis jam delusam censeo: rem, ut est, nunc eloquamur,

    id. As. 3, 3, 141:

    nam si honeste censeam te facere posse, suadeam,

    id. Mil. 4, 8, 60:

    neque ego hac noctem longiorem me vidisse censeo,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 126:

    saluti quod tibi esse censeo,

    id. Merc. 1, 35; so id. Am. 4, 3, 2; id. Most. 1, 3, 127; id. Pers. 1, 1, 9; 2, 2, 8; 2, 3, 75 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 60; id. As. 2, 2, 33; id. Aul. 2, 4, 30; 2, 4, 36; id. Cas. 2, 8, 38; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 53; id. Phorm. 2, 2, 13: aut domino, cujum id censebis esse, reddes, Cincius, Re Mil. l. iii., de ap. Gell. 16, 4, 2:

    eo namque omnem belli molem inclinaturam censebant (consules),

    Liv. 7, 32, 3:

    nec facturum aequa Samnitium populum censebant, si... oppugnarent,

    id. 7, 31, 7:

    quaeso ut ea quae dicam non a militibus imperatori dicta censeas,

    id. 7, 13, 8:

    at illa purgare se, quod quae utilia esse censebat... suasisset,

    Curt. 8, 3, 7: Alexander, tam memorabili victoria laetus, qua sibi Orientis fines apertos esse censebat, id. 9, 1, 1; so id. 10, 8, 22.—
    b.
    With reference to an erroneous opinion, to imagine, suppose, falsely believe:

    censebam me effugisse a vita marituma Ne navigarem, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 108:

    omnes eum (sc. Jovem) esse (Amphitruonem) censent servi,

    id. Am. prol. 122, 134:

    jam hic ero, quom illic censebis esse me,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 14:

    ardere censui aedes,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 15:

    ego hunc censebam esse te,

    id. Men. 5, 9, 13; so id. As. 5, 2, 20; id. Aul. 3, 5, 55; id. Bacch. 1, 2, 14; id. Men. 3, 3, 32; 5, 9, 76; id. Merc. 1, 2, 87; id. Poen. 1, 1, 54; 3, 1, 60; 3, 4, 25; id. Rud. 2, 4, 31; 4, 7, 35; id. Stich. 4, 2, 24; id. Truc. 1, 1, 72 et saep.: censuit se regem Porsenam occidere, Cass. Hem. ap. Non. p. 4, 88:

    non ipsa saxa magis sensu omni vacabant quam ille... cui se hic cruciatum censet optare,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107.—And ironically:

    nisi forte Diagoram aut Theodorum... censes superstitiosos fuisse,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 42, 117:

    nisi forte etiam illi Semproniano senatus consulto me censes adfuisse, qui ne Romae quidem fui,

    id. Fam. 12, 29, 2:

    neminem me fortiorem esse censebam,

    Curt. 8, 14, 42.—
    c.
    Referring to what should take place.
    (α).
    With gerundial inf.-clause:

    navis praedatoria, Abs qua cavendum nobis sane censeo,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 70:

    soli gerundum censeo morem,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 69:

    neque vendundam censeo Quae libera est,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 39; so id. Eun. 4, 4, 53; 5, 8, 42; id. Hec. 4, 4, 94; id. Phorm. 2, 4, 17:

    ceterum ei qui consilium adferret opem quoque in eam rem adferendam censebant esse,

    Liv. 25, 11, 14.—
    (β).
    With oportere, debere, or an ordinary inf.-clause:

    solam illi me soli censeo esse oportere obedientem,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 47:

    quibus declaraveram, quo te animo censerem esse oportere, et quid tibi faciendum arbitrarer,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1:

    rursus interrogatus quid ipse victorem statuere debere censeret,

    Curt. 8, 14, 43: impudens postulatio visa est, censere... ipsos id (bellum) advertere in se, agrosque suos pro alienis populandos obicere, to entertain the idea that they should direct that war against themselves and their own lands, etc., Liv. 21, 20, 4:

    munere eum fungi prioris censet amici = eum fungi oportere,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

    quae nos quoque sustinere censebat,

    App. M. 11, p. 253.—
    (γ).
    By aequum censere with ordinary inf.clause, expressed or understood, either = it is fair ( right) to do something, or something ought or should be done (so very freq. in the comic poets and Livy; rare in other writers): non ego istunc me potius quam te metuere aequom censeo, I do not think it right to fear him, etc., Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 51: quid me aequom censes pro illa tibi dare? What do you think I should give as a fair price? etc., id. As. 1, 3, 76: meum animum tibi servitutem servire aequom censui, I thought it my duty that my mind should, etc., id. Trin. 2, 2, 27: ecquis est tandem qui vestrorum... aequom censeat poenas dare ob eam rem quod arguatur male facere voluisse? Cato ap. Gell. 6 (7), 3, 36:

    quis aequum censeret... receptos in fidem non defendi?

    Liv. 21, 19, 5; so id. 24, 37, 7; 5, 3, 8; 22, 32, 6.—And without emphasis upon the idea of fairness or right:

    si sunt ita ut ego aequom censeo,

    as I think they ought to be, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 55; so id. Trin. 3, 2, 87; 2, 3, 1; id. Merc. 3, 3, 8; id. Aul. 4, 1, 11; id. Ep. 4, 1, 29; id. Stich. 2, 2, 20; 4, 1, 42:

    qui aequom esse censeant, nos jam a pueris ilico nasci senes,

    who believe that we should be born as old men right from childhood, Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 2; so id. ib. 5, 5, 11; id. Ad. 4, 3, 10:

    qui aequom censeant rem perniciosam utili praeponi,

    Auct. Her. 2, 14, 22: (tribuni) intercedebant;

    senatum quaerere de pecunia non relata in publicum... aequum censebant,

    Liv. 38, 54, 5:

    cives civibus parcere aequum censebat,

    Nep. Thras. 2, 6.—
    d.
    Very freq., esp. in Cic., when a question, rhetorical or real, is addressed to a second person, often referring to erroneous opinions:

    an fores censebas nobis publicitus praeberier?

    Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 7:

    clanculum istaec te flagitia facere censebas potesse?

    id. Men. 4, 2, 47:

    hicine nos habitare censes?

    id. Trin. 4, 3, 72:

    omnes cinaedos esse censes, tu quia es?

    id. Men. 3, 2, 48; so id. As. 2, 4, 78; 5, 2, 37; id. Bacch. 4, 6, 41; 5, 2. 82; id. Capt. 4, 2, 66; 4, 2, 74; 5, 2, 16; id. Cas. 2, 6, 29; id. Men. 5, 5, 25: continuo dari Tibi verba censes? Ter. And. 3, 2, 25; so id. ib. 3, 3, 13; 4, 4, 55; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 38; id. Hec. 4, 1, 32; 4, 4, 53; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 35:

    adeone me delirare censes ut ista esse credam?

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 10:

    nam cum in Graeco sermone haec... non videbantur, quid censes in Latino fore?

    id. Fin. 3, 4, 15:

    quid igitur censes? Apim illum nonne deum videri Aegyptiis?

    id. N. D. 1, 29, 82:

    quis haec neget esse utilia? quem censes?

    id. Off. 3, 26, 99:

    an censes me tantos labores... suscepturum fuisse, si, etc.,

    id. Sen. 23, 82:

    an vos Hirtium pacem velle censetis?

    id. Phil. 12, 4, 9; so id. Brut. 50, 186; 85, 294; id. Tusc. 1, 5, 10 fin.; 2, 4, 11; 3, 13, 27; id. Fin. 1, 10, 34; id. N. D. 1, 8, 20; 1, 28, 78; 1, 44, 122; id. Leg. 2, 10, 23; id. Div. in Caecil. 16, 54; id. Phil. 1, 6, 13; 4, 3, 7; 7, 4, 14; 11, 1, 3; 11, 5, 10; 12, 3, 7; 12, 6, 13; 12, 8, 21; 12, 9, 22; 13, 2, 4; 14, 4, 10; id. Att. 10, 11, 4:

    quid censes munera terrae?... quo spectanda modo, quo sensu credis et ore?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 5 sqq.; so id. ib. 2, 2, 65; Lucr. 1, 973 (with obj.inf.).—With conditional period inst. of an inf.-clause:

    num censes faceret, filium nisi sciret eadem haec velle,

    Ter. And. 3, 3, 46.—

    Sometimes censemus? is used in the same way as censes?

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Off. 2, 7, 25; id. Fam. 4, 9, 2.—
    e.
    With an inf.clause understood: itane tu censes? Pa. Quid ego ni ita censeam? Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 27: quid ergo censes? Tr. Quod rogas, Censeo, id. Rud. 4, 8, 7 sq.: quid illum censes? (i. e. eo loco facere?) Ter. And. 5, 2, 12:

    quid illas censes? (i. e. posse dicere),

    id. Ad. 4, 5, 22; so Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 59; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 9; 5, 3, 21.—So, very freq. in the comic poets, censeo, absol., as an approving answer; also sic censeo, istuc censeo, ita censeo (Cic.) to be variously rendered: ego divinam rem intus faciam... So. Censeo, that will be right! Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 11: auscultemus quid agat: Ph. Sane censeo, so we will, indeed, id. Curc. 2, 2, 29: quid si recenti re aedis pultem? Ad. Censeo, do so! id. Poen. 3, 4, 18: quin eloquamur? Ag. Censeo, hercle, patrue, id. ib. 5, 4, 93: patri etiam gratulabor? Tr. Censeo, I think so (and after answering several questions with censeo): etiamne complectar ejus patrem? Tr. Non censeo. Pl. Nunc non censet quom volo, id. Rud. 4, 8, 6 sqq.; id. Ps. 2, 2, 69; id. Stich. 5, 4, 53; id. Truc. 2, 4, 73; id. Cas. 4, 3, 14; Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 11; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 27: male habeas! Mu. Sic censeo, Plaut. Men. 4, 1, 11: aliquem arripiamus, etc.: Ly. Hem, istuc censeo, id. Merc. 3, 3, 19 (cf.:

    prorsus ita censeo, referring to general questions, as in D.,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 10, 23);

    once similarly censeas: Quid gravare? censeas!

    Say yes, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 22.—
    2.
    To resolve, as a merely mental act, with gerundial inf.-clause (rare; cf. II. B.): quibus rebus cognitis, Caesar maturandum sibi censuit, resolved to hasten, lit., thought he must hasten ( = statuit, existimavit), Caes. B. G. 7, 56 init.:

    censuimus igitur amplius quaerendum,

    Gell. 12, 14, 7.—
    3.
    To consider, i. e. after carefully weighing the circumstances, with inf.-clause (rare):

    sed cum censerem... me et periculum vitare posse, et temperatius dicere... ea causa mihi in Asiam proficiscendi fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 314.—
    4.
    = pu tare, habere, judicare, to consider as, to hold, with two acc., or inf.-clause.
    a.
    With double acc.:

    quom dispicias tristem, frugi censeas (i.e. eum),

    you would consider him thrifty, Plaut. Cas. 3, 2. 32:

    auxilio vos dignos censet senatus,

    considers you worthy of help, Liv. 7, 31, 2:

    has... indagines cuppediarum majore detestatione dignas censebimus si, etc.,

    Gell. 7 (6), 16, 6: cum Priscum nobilitas hostem patriae censuisset, judged, declared him the enemy, etc., Aur. Vict. Caes. 29, 4.—
    b.
    In the pass. with nom. and inf., = haberi (in Manil. and Gell.):

    praeter illas unam et viginti (comoedias) quae consensu omnium Plauti esse censebantur,

    Gell. 3, 3, 3:

    quae terrena censentur sidera sorte (i. e. esse),

    are considered as being of the terrestrial kind, Manil. 2, 226; so id. 2, 293; 2, 653; 2, 667; 3, 96; so, sub aliquo censeri, to be considered as being under one ' s influence, id. 4, 246; 4, 705; cf. id. 3, 598 (with per).—
    5.
    To wish, with subj.-clause or ne (in App.):

    de coma pretiosi velleris floccum mihi confestim adferas censeo,

    App. M. 6. [p. 315] p. 117:

    censeo ne ulla cura os percolat,

    id. Mag. p. 411.
    2.
    censeo, ēre, = succenseo, to be angry: ne vobis censeam, si, etc., Varr. ap. Non. p. 267, 24.

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  • 25 licet

    lĭcet, cŭit and cĭtum est, 2 (old form, licessit for licuerit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13; imp. liceto, Lex ap. Inscr. Grut. 202, 508 al.), v. n. and impers. [root lic-; Gr. lip-; v. 1. liceo], it is lawful, it is allowed or permitted; one may or can, one is at liberty to do so and so; constr. with neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron., with inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat., or dat. and inf., with ut or (more freq.) with the simple subj., or entirely absol.
    (α).
    With neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron. as a subject, with or without a dat.:

    licere id dicimus, quod legibus, quod more majorum institutisque conceditur. Neque enim quod quisque potest, id ei licet,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    cui facile persuasi, mihi id, quod rogaret, ne licere quidem, non modo non lubere,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 4:

    quid deceat vos, non quantum liceat vobis, spectare debetis,

    id. Rab. Post. 5, 11; cf.:

    si hominibus tantum licere judicas, quantum possunt: vide, ne, etc.,

    id. Phil. 13, 7, 15:

    si illud non licet, Saltem hoc licebit,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12: neque idem ubique aut licet aut decorum est, Quint. 5, 10, 40:

    quod in foro non expedit, illic nec liceat,

    id. 9, 2, 67:

    sin et poterit Naevius id quod lubet et ei lubebit, quod non licet, quid agendum est?

    Cic. Quint. 30, 94:

    nihil, quod per leges liceret,

    id. Mil. 16, 43:

    cui tantum de te licuit?

    Verg. A. 6, 502; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 150:

    cui tantum fata licere In generum voluere tuum,

    Luc. 9, 1025; cf.:

    tantumque licere horruit,

    Sil. 14, 670.—Rarely in plur.:

    cum in servum omnia liceant, est, etc.,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—
    (β).
    With inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat.: neque terram inicere, neque cruenta Convestire corpora mihi licuit, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.):

    licet nemini contra patriam ducere exercitum,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    ut tibi id facere liceat,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    M. Catoni licuit Tusculi se in otio delectare,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

    sceleris crimine liceat Cn. Pompeio mortuo, liceat multis aliis carere,

    id. Lig. 6, 18; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

    quaerere, qui licuerit aedificare navem senatori,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45:

    meamet facta mihi dicere licet,

    Sall. J. 85, 24.—Without a dat.:

    introire in aedes numquam licitum est,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 70:

    impune optare istuc licet,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 14:

    modo liceat vivere,

    id. Heaut. 5, 2, 28:

    licetne scire ex te?

    id. Hec. 5, 4, 33:

    hic subitam rerum commutationem videre licuit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 1; 3, 96, 4:

    si facere omnino non licebit,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    licet ora ipsa cernere iratorum,

    id. Off. 1, 29, 102; cf. id. Div. 1, 41, 91:

    licet hoc videre,

    id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Div. 1, 7, 13; id. Inv. 1, 15, 21; 2, 23, 71; 2, 9, 29:

    veretur ne non liceat tenere hereditatem,

    id. Att. 13, 48, 1:

    licetne extra ordinem in provocantem hostem pugnare?

    Liv. 23, 47, 1:

    poscere ut perculsis instare liceat,

    id. 2, 65, 2. —With inf. pass. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 660 sq.):

    intellegi jam licet, nullum fore imperium,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

    idque e pontificio jure intellegi licet,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; cf.:

    his cognosci licuit, quantum, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 28; Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

    evocari ex insula Cyprios non licet,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 6:

    in senatu dici nihil liceat,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

    coöptari sacerdotem licebat,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 9:

    in eum ordinem coöptari licet,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120:

    id primum in poëtis cerni licet,

    id. de Or. 3, 7, 27; id. Ac. 1, 4, 17.—The noun of the subject-clause is regularly in the acc.:

    licet me id scire quid sit?

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 14:

    non licet hominem esse, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 53:

    si licet me latere,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 5:

    hocine me miserum non licere meo modo ingenium frui!

    id. ib. 2, 4, 21; cf.:

    eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, id. Hec. prol. alt. 3: non licet me isto tanto bono uti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154:

    cum non liceret Romae quemquam esse, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

    100: ex eis locis, in quibus te habere nihil licet,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 18, §

    45: quare licet etiam mortalem esse animum judicantem aeterna moliri,

    id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

    cur his per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberos non licet?

    id. Fl. 29, 71 B. and K. (al. liberis; v. infra).—So with esse:

    liceat esse miseros,

    Cic. Lig. 6, 18; cf.:

    medios esse jam non licebit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 4; id. Tusc. 5, 15, 44; 1, 38, 91 Klotz N. cr.; also with fieri:

    ut eum liceat ante tempus consulem fieri,

    Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:

    ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque dicere, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

    haec praescripta servantem licet magnifice vivere,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 92:

    licet tamen opera prodesse multis, beneficia petentem, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 67.—So with acc. with a subject-inf., esse or fieri, even when licet is accompanied by the dat.:

    si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum,

    Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

    potest incidere quaestio, An huic esse procuratorem liceat?

    Quint. 7, 1, 19:

    procuratorem tibi esse non licuit,

    id. 4, 4, 6 Zumpt N. cr.:

    mihi non licet esse piam,

    Ov. H. 14, 64: is erat annus, quo per leges ei consulem fieri liceret Caes. B. C. 3, 1 Oud. N. cr. —But more freq., in this case, there is an attraction of the predicate-noun to the dative dependent on licet.—Hence,
    (γ).
    Licet alicui with inf., esp. with esse:

    per hanc tibi cenam incenato esse hodie licet,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 31:

    per hanc curam quieto tibi licet esse,

    id. Ep. 3, 2, 2:

    licuit esse otioso Themistocli,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33; cf.:

    ut tibi abesse liceat, et esse otioso,

    id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: quare [p. 1063] judici mihi non esse liceat, id. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

    ut iis ingratis esse non liceat,

    id. Off. 2, 18, 63:

    quo in genere mihi neglegenti esse non licet,

    id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

    cur iis per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberis non licet?

    id. Fl. 29, 71 (B. and K. liberos; v. supra):

    quibus otiosis ne in communi quidem otio liceat esse,

    id. Cael. 1, 1:

    quibus licet jam esse fortunatissimis,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 8:

    illis timidis et ignavis licet esse,

    Liv. 21, 44, 3.—With other verbs than esse:

    ut sibi per te liceat innocenti vitam in egestate degere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

    cum postulasset... ut sibi triumphanti urbem invehi liceret,

    Liv. 38, 44 fin. —

    Very rarely, in this construction, the dative with licet is wanting, and is to be supplied from the connection: atqui licet esse beatis (sc. iis),

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 19:

    licet eminus esse Fortibus,

    Ov. M. 8, 405:

    Hannibal precatur deos ut incolumi cedere atque abire liceat,

    Liv. 26, 41, 16:

    sibi vitam filiae suā cariorem fuisse, si liberae ac pudicae vivere licitum fuisset,

    id. 3, 50, 6. Cf. on this and the preced. construction, Krüger, Untersuchungen, vol. iii. p. 359 sq.; Ruddim. 2, p. 15; Zumpt, Gram. § 601; Madv. Gram. § 393, c. and obs. 1.—
    (δ).
    With ut, and more freq. with the simple subj.:

    neque jam mihi licet neque est integrum, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 4, 8:

    facto nunc laedat licet,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 53:

    mea quidem causa salvos sis licet,

    id. Rud. 1, 2, 51:

    ludas licet,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33:

    fremant omnes licet,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 195:

    sed omnia licet concurrant,

    id. Att. 14, 4, 2:

    ex qua licet pauca degustes,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 8:

    vel ipsi hoc dicas licet,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 4:

    quamvis licet insectemur istos, metuo ne soli philosophi sint,

    id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53; cf. id. Leg. 3, 10, 24; id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

    sequatur Hermagoram licebit,

    id. Inv. 1, 51, 97; id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

    sis pecore et multa dives tellure licebit,

    Hor. Epod. 15, 19:

    detrahat auctori multum fortuna licebit,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 3; Verg. A. 6, 400. Cf. also under II. a.—
    (ε).
    As a v. impers. absol., with or without dat.:

    immo, aliis si licet, tibi non licet,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 15, 49:

    cum licitum est ei,

    id. And. 2, 6, 12:

    nec crederem mihi impunius Licere,

    id. Heaut. 3, 2, 50:

    quod profecto faciam, si mihi per ejusdem amicitiam licebit,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 3: Ph. Sed quaeso, hominem ut jubeas arcessi. He. Licet, that may be or may be done, I have no objection, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 29:

    si per vos licet,

    id. As. prol. 12:

    id quod postea, si per vos, judices, licitum erit, aperietur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 127:

    dum per aetatem licet,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 28:

    fruare, dum licet,

    id. Heaut. 2, 3, 104; cf.:

    dum licet, loquimini mecum,

    id. Phorm. 3, 3, 16:

    sic ut quimus, aiunt, quando, ut volumus, non licet,

    id. And. 4, 5, 10:

    ut id, quoad posset, quod fas esset, quoad liceret, populi ad partes daret,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 19.
    II.
    Transf. When licet introduces a subordinate proposition, which makes a concession, without abandoning the main proposition, it is used as a conjunction corresponding to quamvis, quamquam, etsi. In late Latin it is, like these, connected with the indicative, and in the class. per. it is not unfreq. opposed to tamen and certe in the main proposition; even if, although, notwithstanding.
    A.
    With subj. (class.):

    quoniam quidem semel suscepi, licet hercules undique omnes mihi minae et terrores periculaque impendeant omnia, succurram atque subibo,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

    improbitas, licet adversario molesta sit, judici invisa est,

    Quint. 6, 4, 15: in comoedia maxime claudamus: licet Varro Musas Plautino dicat sermone locuturas fuisse, si Latine loqui vellent;

    licet, etc.,

    id. 10, 1, 99:

    vita brevis est, licet supra mille annos exeat,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 6:

    licet ingens janitor... exsanguis terreat umbras,

    Verg. A. 6, 400. —With part. for subj.:

    isque, licet caeli regione remotos, mente deos adiit,

    Ov. M. 15, 62.—With a corresp. tamen:

    licet laudem Fortunam, tamen, ut ne Salutem culpem,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 28:

    licet saepius tibi hujus generis litteras mittam... sed tamen, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 1:

    licet tibi significarim, ut ad me venires, tamen, etc.,

    id. Att. 3, 12, 3; Quint. 2, 2, 8; 8, 3, 69:

    licet ergo non sint confirmati testamento, a me tamen, ut confirmati, observabuntur,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 16, 3; Quint. 7 praef. § 2: constet illi licet fides et benevolentia, tranquillitas tamen, etc., Sen. Tranq. Anim. 7, 6.—With ellips. of subj.:

    immatura licet, tamen huc non noxia veni (sc. venias),

    Prop. 5, 11, 17.—With a corresp. certe:

    licet enim haec quivis arbitratu suo reprehendat... certe levior reprehensio est,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 102.—
    B.
    With indic. (post-class.):

    licet inter gesta et facta videtur quaedam esse subtilis differentia, attamen, etc.,

    Dig. 50, 16, 58; 2, 15, 8, § 25:

    licet directae libertates deficiunt, attamen, etc.,

    ib. 29, 7, 2: obduxi licet arma, sum Priapus, Poëta ap. Anth. Lat. 5, 218; Macr. S. 1, 11; App. M. 2, p. 117, 25.—
    C.
    As an adv. with adj. or part., although (post-class.):

    licet contumacissimum, tamen efficacissimum, etc.,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 8, 1:

    miles, licet membris vigentibus firmus, se solum circumspicit,

    Amm. 14, 10, 12; 17, 12, 11; Claud. Mam. Paneg. Max. 1.—Hence,
    1.
    lĭcens, entis, P. a., free, unrestrained, uncurbed, bold, forward, presumptuous, licentious.
    A.
    Of persons (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

    quam audaces et quam licentes sumus qui, etc.,

    Gell. 15, 9, 4:

    unde licens Fabius sacra Lupercus habet,

    Prop. 4, 1, 26:

    turba licens, Naides improbae,

    Sen. Hippol. 777.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things (once in Cic.; elsewh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    licentior dithyrambus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

    hic tibi multa licet sermone licentia tecto Dicere,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 569:

    joci,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 93:

    licentior epistula, Plin. N. H. prooem. § 1: imperium,

    Val. Max. 6, 4, 2:

    vita,

    id. 9, 1, 3. —Hence, adv.: lĭcenter, freely, according to one's own pleasure or fancy; and, in a bad sense, without restraint, boldly, impudently, licentiously (class.):

    at quam licenter!

    Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109:

    ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

    id. Or. 23, 77:

    Graeci licenter multa,

    Quint. 1, 8, 6:

    aliquid facere,

    Liv. 26, 10.— Comp.:

    (servos) licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

    Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

    Romanos, remoto metu, laxius licentiusque futuros,

    more remiss in their discipline, Sall. J. 87 fin.:

    gerere res communes,

    id. ib. 108:

    ausi aliquid,

    Quint. 2, 4, 14:

    si quid licentius dixerint,

    id. 1, 2, 7:

    translata,

    id. 8, 3, 37; 12, 10, 50:

    Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane licentius, quam ut fori severitas ferat,

    id. 8, 6, 24; Tac. A. 6, 13.—
    2.
    lĭcĭtus, a, um, P. a., permitted, allowed, allowable, lawful ( poet. and post-Aug. for permissus, honestus):

    sermo,

    Verg. A. 8, 468:

    torus,

    Petr. 34, 8:

    acies,

    Stat. Th. 11, 123:

    negotiatio,

    Dig. 37, 14, 2:

    contractus,

    ib. 50, 14, 3.—In plur. as subst.: lĭcĭta, ōrum, n., things that are lawful:

    ipse per licita atque illicita foedatus,

    Tac. A. 15, 37.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭcĭtē and lĭcĭtō, rightfully, lawfully (post-class. for juste, honeste, legitime).—Form licite, Dig. 30, 114, § 5.—

    Form licito,

    Sol. 11, 8; Cod. Th. 11, 8, 3.

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  • 26 licita

    lĭcet, cŭit and cĭtum est, 2 (old form, licessit for licuerit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13; imp. liceto, Lex ap. Inscr. Grut. 202, 508 al.), v. n. and impers. [root lic-; Gr. lip-; v. 1. liceo], it is lawful, it is allowed or permitted; one may or can, one is at liberty to do so and so; constr. with neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron., with inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat., or dat. and inf., with ut or (more freq.) with the simple subj., or entirely absol.
    (α).
    With neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron. as a subject, with or without a dat.:

    licere id dicimus, quod legibus, quod more majorum institutisque conceditur. Neque enim quod quisque potest, id ei licet,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    cui facile persuasi, mihi id, quod rogaret, ne licere quidem, non modo non lubere,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 4:

    quid deceat vos, non quantum liceat vobis, spectare debetis,

    id. Rab. Post. 5, 11; cf.:

    si hominibus tantum licere judicas, quantum possunt: vide, ne, etc.,

    id. Phil. 13, 7, 15:

    si illud non licet, Saltem hoc licebit,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12: neque idem ubique aut licet aut decorum est, Quint. 5, 10, 40:

    quod in foro non expedit, illic nec liceat,

    id. 9, 2, 67:

    sin et poterit Naevius id quod lubet et ei lubebit, quod non licet, quid agendum est?

    Cic. Quint. 30, 94:

    nihil, quod per leges liceret,

    id. Mil. 16, 43:

    cui tantum de te licuit?

    Verg. A. 6, 502; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 150:

    cui tantum fata licere In generum voluere tuum,

    Luc. 9, 1025; cf.:

    tantumque licere horruit,

    Sil. 14, 670.—Rarely in plur.:

    cum in servum omnia liceant, est, etc.,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—
    (β).
    With inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat.: neque terram inicere, neque cruenta Convestire corpora mihi licuit, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.):

    licet nemini contra patriam ducere exercitum,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    ut tibi id facere liceat,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    M. Catoni licuit Tusculi se in otio delectare,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

    sceleris crimine liceat Cn. Pompeio mortuo, liceat multis aliis carere,

    id. Lig. 6, 18; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

    quaerere, qui licuerit aedificare navem senatori,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45:

    meamet facta mihi dicere licet,

    Sall. J. 85, 24.—Without a dat.:

    introire in aedes numquam licitum est,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 70:

    impune optare istuc licet,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 14:

    modo liceat vivere,

    id. Heaut. 5, 2, 28:

    licetne scire ex te?

    id. Hec. 5, 4, 33:

    hic subitam rerum commutationem videre licuit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 1; 3, 96, 4:

    si facere omnino non licebit,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    licet ora ipsa cernere iratorum,

    id. Off. 1, 29, 102; cf. id. Div. 1, 41, 91:

    licet hoc videre,

    id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Div. 1, 7, 13; id. Inv. 1, 15, 21; 2, 23, 71; 2, 9, 29:

    veretur ne non liceat tenere hereditatem,

    id. Att. 13, 48, 1:

    licetne extra ordinem in provocantem hostem pugnare?

    Liv. 23, 47, 1:

    poscere ut perculsis instare liceat,

    id. 2, 65, 2. —With inf. pass. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 660 sq.):

    intellegi jam licet, nullum fore imperium,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

    idque e pontificio jure intellegi licet,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; cf.:

    his cognosci licuit, quantum, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 28; Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

    evocari ex insula Cyprios non licet,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 6:

    in senatu dici nihil liceat,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

    coöptari sacerdotem licebat,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 9:

    in eum ordinem coöptari licet,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120:

    id primum in poëtis cerni licet,

    id. de Or. 3, 7, 27; id. Ac. 1, 4, 17.—The noun of the subject-clause is regularly in the acc.:

    licet me id scire quid sit?

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 14:

    non licet hominem esse, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 53:

    si licet me latere,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 5:

    hocine me miserum non licere meo modo ingenium frui!

    id. ib. 2, 4, 21; cf.:

    eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, id. Hec. prol. alt. 3: non licet me isto tanto bono uti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154:

    cum non liceret Romae quemquam esse, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

    100: ex eis locis, in quibus te habere nihil licet,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 18, §

    45: quare licet etiam mortalem esse animum judicantem aeterna moliri,

    id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

    cur his per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberos non licet?

    id. Fl. 29, 71 B. and K. (al. liberis; v. infra).—So with esse:

    liceat esse miseros,

    Cic. Lig. 6, 18; cf.:

    medios esse jam non licebit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 4; id. Tusc. 5, 15, 44; 1, 38, 91 Klotz N. cr.; also with fieri:

    ut eum liceat ante tempus consulem fieri,

    Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:

    ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque dicere, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

    haec praescripta servantem licet magnifice vivere,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 92:

    licet tamen opera prodesse multis, beneficia petentem, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 67.—So with acc. with a subject-inf., esse or fieri, even when licet is accompanied by the dat.:

    si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum,

    Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

    potest incidere quaestio, An huic esse procuratorem liceat?

    Quint. 7, 1, 19:

    procuratorem tibi esse non licuit,

    id. 4, 4, 6 Zumpt N. cr.:

    mihi non licet esse piam,

    Ov. H. 14, 64: is erat annus, quo per leges ei consulem fieri liceret Caes. B. C. 3, 1 Oud. N. cr. —But more freq., in this case, there is an attraction of the predicate-noun to the dative dependent on licet.—Hence,
    (γ).
    Licet alicui with inf., esp. with esse:

    per hanc tibi cenam incenato esse hodie licet,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 31:

    per hanc curam quieto tibi licet esse,

    id. Ep. 3, 2, 2:

    licuit esse otioso Themistocli,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33; cf.:

    ut tibi abesse liceat, et esse otioso,

    id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: quare [p. 1063] judici mihi non esse liceat, id. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

    ut iis ingratis esse non liceat,

    id. Off. 2, 18, 63:

    quo in genere mihi neglegenti esse non licet,

    id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

    cur iis per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberis non licet?

    id. Fl. 29, 71 (B. and K. liberos; v. supra):

    quibus otiosis ne in communi quidem otio liceat esse,

    id. Cael. 1, 1:

    quibus licet jam esse fortunatissimis,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 8:

    illis timidis et ignavis licet esse,

    Liv. 21, 44, 3.—With other verbs than esse:

    ut sibi per te liceat innocenti vitam in egestate degere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

    cum postulasset... ut sibi triumphanti urbem invehi liceret,

    Liv. 38, 44 fin. —

    Very rarely, in this construction, the dative with licet is wanting, and is to be supplied from the connection: atqui licet esse beatis (sc. iis),

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 19:

    licet eminus esse Fortibus,

    Ov. M. 8, 405:

    Hannibal precatur deos ut incolumi cedere atque abire liceat,

    Liv. 26, 41, 16:

    sibi vitam filiae suā cariorem fuisse, si liberae ac pudicae vivere licitum fuisset,

    id. 3, 50, 6. Cf. on this and the preced. construction, Krüger, Untersuchungen, vol. iii. p. 359 sq.; Ruddim. 2, p. 15; Zumpt, Gram. § 601; Madv. Gram. § 393, c. and obs. 1.—
    (δ).
    With ut, and more freq. with the simple subj.:

    neque jam mihi licet neque est integrum, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 4, 8:

    facto nunc laedat licet,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 53:

    mea quidem causa salvos sis licet,

    id. Rud. 1, 2, 51:

    ludas licet,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33:

    fremant omnes licet,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 195:

    sed omnia licet concurrant,

    id. Att. 14, 4, 2:

    ex qua licet pauca degustes,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 8:

    vel ipsi hoc dicas licet,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 4:

    quamvis licet insectemur istos, metuo ne soli philosophi sint,

    id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53; cf. id. Leg. 3, 10, 24; id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

    sequatur Hermagoram licebit,

    id. Inv. 1, 51, 97; id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

    sis pecore et multa dives tellure licebit,

    Hor. Epod. 15, 19:

    detrahat auctori multum fortuna licebit,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 3; Verg. A. 6, 400. Cf. also under II. a.—
    (ε).
    As a v. impers. absol., with or without dat.:

    immo, aliis si licet, tibi non licet,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 15, 49:

    cum licitum est ei,

    id. And. 2, 6, 12:

    nec crederem mihi impunius Licere,

    id. Heaut. 3, 2, 50:

    quod profecto faciam, si mihi per ejusdem amicitiam licebit,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 3: Ph. Sed quaeso, hominem ut jubeas arcessi. He. Licet, that may be or may be done, I have no objection, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 29:

    si per vos licet,

    id. As. prol. 12:

    id quod postea, si per vos, judices, licitum erit, aperietur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 127:

    dum per aetatem licet,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 28:

    fruare, dum licet,

    id. Heaut. 2, 3, 104; cf.:

    dum licet, loquimini mecum,

    id. Phorm. 3, 3, 16:

    sic ut quimus, aiunt, quando, ut volumus, non licet,

    id. And. 4, 5, 10:

    ut id, quoad posset, quod fas esset, quoad liceret, populi ad partes daret,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 19.
    II.
    Transf. When licet introduces a subordinate proposition, which makes a concession, without abandoning the main proposition, it is used as a conjunction corresponding to quamvis, quamquam, etsi. In late Latin it is, like these, connected with the indicative, and in the class. per. it is not unfreq. opposed to tamen and certe in the main proposition; even if, although, notwithstanding.
    A.
    With subj. (class.):

    quoniam quidem semel suscepi, licet hercules undique omnes mihi minae et terrores periculaque impendeant omnia, succurram atque subibo,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

    improbitas, licet adversario molesta sit, judici invisa est,

    Quint. 6, 4, 15: in comoedia maxime claudamus: licet Varro Musas Plautino dicat sermone locuturas fuisse, si Latine loqui vellent;

    licet, etc.,

    id. 10, 1, 99:

    vita brevis est, licet supra mille annos exeat,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 6:

    licet ingens janitor... exsanguis terreat umbras,

    Verg. A. 6, 400. —With part. for subj.:

    isque, licet caeli regione remotos, mente deos adiit,

    Ov. M. 15, 62.—With a corresp. tamen:

    licet laudem Fortunam, tamen, ut ne Salutem culpem,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 28:

    licet saepius tibi hujus generis litteras mittam... sed tamen, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 1:

    licet tibi significarim, ut ad me venires, tamen, etc.,

    id. Att. 3, 12, 3; Quint. 2, 2, 8; 8, 3, 69:

    licet ergo non sint confirmati testamento, a me tamen, ut confirmati, observabuntur,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 16, 3; Quint. 7 praef. § 2: constet illi licet fides et benevolentia, tranquillitas tamen, etc., Sen. Tranq. Anim. 7, 6.—With ellips. of subj.:

    immatura licet, tamen huc non noxia veni (sc. venias),

    Prop. 5, 11, 17.—With a corresp. certe:

    licet enim haec quivis arbitratu suo reprehendat... certe levior reprehensio est,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 102.—
    B.
    With indic. (post-class.):

    licet inter gesta et facta videtur quaedam esse subtilis differentia, attamen, etc.,

    Dig. 50, 16, 58; 2, 15, 8, § 25:

    licet directae libertates deficiunt, attamen, etc.,

    ib. 29, 7, 2: obduxi licet arma, sum Priapus, Poëta ap. Anth. Lat. 5, 218; Macr. S. 1, 11; App. M. 2, p. 117, 25.—
    C.
    As an adv. with adj. or part., although (post-class.):

    licet contumacissimum, tamen efficacissimum, etc.,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 8, 1:

    miles, licet membris vigentibus firmus, se solum circumspicit,

    Amm. 14, 10, 12; 17, 12, 11; Claud. Mam. Paneg. Max. 1.—Hence,
    1.
    lĭcens, entis, P. a., free, unrestrained, uncurbed, bold, forward, presumptuous, licentious.
    A.
    Of persons (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

    quam audaces et quam licentes sumus qui, etc.,

    Gell. 15, 9, 4:

    unde licens Fabius sacra Lupercus habet,

    Prop. 4, 1, 26:

    turba licens, Naides improbae,

    Sen. Hippol. 777.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things (once in Cic.; elsewh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    licentior dithyrambus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

    hic tibi multa licet sermone licentia tecto Dicere,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 569:

    joci,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 93:

    licentior epistula, Plin. N. H. prooem. § 1: imperium,

    Val. Max. 6, 4, 2:

    vita,

    id. 9, 1, 3. —Hence, adv.: lĭcenter, freely, according to one's own pleasure or fancy; and, in a bad sense, without restraint, boldly, impudently, licentiously (class.):

    at quam licenter!

    Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109:

    ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

    id. Or. 23, 77:

    Graeci licenter multa,

    Quint. 1, 8, 6:

    aliquid facere,

    Liv. 26, 10.— Comp.:

    (servos) licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

    Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

    Romanos, remoto metu, laxius licentiusque futuros,

    more remiss in their discipline, Sall. J. 87 fin.:

    gerere res communes,

    id. ib. 108:

    ausi aliquid,

    Quint. 2, 4, 14:

    si quid licentius dixerint,

    id. 1, 2, 7:

    translata,

    id. 8, 3, 37; 12, 10, 50:

    Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane licentius, quam ut fori severitas ferat,

    id. 8, 6, 24; Tac. A. 6, 13.—
    2.
    lĭcĭtus, a, um, P. a., permitted, allowed, allowable, lawful ( poet. and post-Aug. for permissus, honestus):

    sermo,

    Verg. A. 8, 468:

    torus,

    Petr. 34, 8:

    acies,

    Stat. Th. 11, 123:

    negotiatio,

    Dig. 37, 14, 2:

    contractus,

    ib. 50, 14, 3.—In plur. as subst.: lĭcĭta, ōrum, n., things that are lawful:

    ipse per licita atque illicita foedatus,

    Tac. A. 15, 37.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭcĭtē and lĭcĭtō, rightfully, lawfully (post-class. for juste, honeste, legitime).—Form licite, Dig. 30, 114, § 5.—

    Form licito,

    Sol. 11, 8; Cod. Th. 11, 8, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > licita

  • 27 licito

    lĭcet, cŭit and cĭtum est, 2 (old form, licessit for licuerit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13; imp. liceto, Lex ap. Inscr. Grut. 202, 508 al.), v. n. and impers. [root lic-; Gr. lip-; v. 1. liceo], it is lawful, it is allowed or permitted; one may or can, one is at liberty to do so and so; constr. with neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron., with inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat., or dat. and inf., with ut or (more freq.) with the simple subj., or entirely absol.
    (α).
    With neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron. as a subject, with or without a dat.:

    licere id dicimus, quod legibus, quod more majorum institutisque conceditur. Neque enim quod quisque potest, id ei licet,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    cui facile persuasi, mihi id, quod rogaret, ne licere quidem, non modo non lubere,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 4:

    quid deceat vos, non quantum liceat vobis, spectare debetis,

    id. Rab. Post. 5, 11; cf.:

    si hominibus tantum licere judicas, quantum possunt: vide, ne, etc.,

    id. Phil. 13, 7, 15:

    si illud non licet, Saltem hoc licebit,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12: neque idem ubique aut licet aut decorum est, Quint. 5, 10, 40:

    quod in foro non expedit, illic nec liceat,

    id. 9, 2, 67:

    sin et poterit Naevius id quod lubet et ei lubebit, quod non licet, quid agendum est?

    Cic. Quint. 30, 94:

    nihil, quod per leges liceret,

    id. Mil. 16, 43:

    cui tantum de te licuit?

    Verg. A. 6, 502; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 150:

    cui tantum fata licere In generum voluere tuum,

    Luc. 9, 1025; cf.:

    tantumque licere horruit,

    Sil. 14, 670.—Rarely in plur.:

    cum in servum omnia liceant, est, etc.,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—
    (β).
    With inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat.: neque terram inicere, neque cruenta Convestire corpora mihi licuit, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.):

    licet nemini contra patriam ducere exercitum,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    ut tibi id facere liceat,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    M. Catoni licuit Tusculi se in otio delectare,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

    sceleris crimine liceat Cn. Pompeio mortuo, liceat multis aliis carere,

    id. Lig. 6, 18; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

    quaerere, qui licuerit aedificare navem senatori,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45:

    meamet facta mihi dicere licet,

    Sall. J. 85, 24.—Without a dat.:

    introire in aedes numquam licitum est,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 70:

    impune optare istuc licet,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 14:

    modo liceat vivere,

    id. Heaut. 5, 2, 28:

    licetne scire ex te?

    id. Hec. 5, 4, 33:

    hic subitam rerum commutationem videre licuit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 1; 3, 96, 4:

    si facere omnino non licebit,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    licet ora ipsa cernere iratorum,

    id. Off. 1, 29, 102; cf. id. Div. 1, 41, 91:

    licet hoc videre,

    id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Div. 1, 7, 13; id. Inv. 1, 15, 21; 2, 23, 71; 2, 9, 29:

    veretur ne non liceat tenere hereditatem,

    id. Att. 13, 48, 1:

    licetne extra ordinem in provocantem hostem pugnare?

    Liv. 23, 47, 1:

    poscere ut perculsis instare liceat,

    id. 2, 65, 2. —With inf. pass. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 660 sq.):

    intellegi jam licet, nullum fore imperium,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

    idque e pontificio jure intellegi licet,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; cf.:

    his cognosci licuit, quantum, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 28; Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

    evocari ex insula Cyprios non licet,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 6:

    in senatu dici nihil liceat,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

    coöptari sacerdotem licebat,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 9:

    in eum ordinem coöptari licet,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120:

    id primum in poëtis cerni licet,

    id. de Or. 3, 7, 27; id. Ac. 1, 4, 17.—The noun of the subject-clause is regularly in the acc.:

    licet me id scire quid sit?

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 14:

    non licet hominem esse, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 53:

    si licet me latere,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 5:

    hocine me miserum non licere meo modo ingenium frui!

    id. ib. 2, 4, 21; cf.:

    eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, id. Hec. prol. alt. 3: non licet me isto tanto bono uti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154:

    cum non liceret Romae quemquam esse, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

    100: ex eis locis, in quibus te habere nihil licet,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 18, §

    45: quare licet etiam mortalem esse animum judicantem aeterna moliri,

    id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

    cur his per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberos non licet?

    id. Fl. 29, 71 B. and K. (al. liberis; v. infra).—So with esse:

    liceat esse miseros,

    Cic. Lig. 6, 18; cf.:

    medios esse jam non licebit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 4; id. Tusc. 5, 15, 44; 1, 38, 91 Klotz N. cr.; also with fieri:

    ut eum liceat ante tempus consulem fieri,

    Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:

    ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque dicere, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

    haec praescripta servantem licet magnifice vivere,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 92:

    licet tamen opera prodesse multis, beneficia petentem, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 67.—So with acc. with a subject-inf., esse or fieri, even when licet is accompanied by the dat.:

    si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum,

    Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

    potest incidere quaestio, An huic esse procuratorem liceat?

    Quint. 7, 1, 19:

    procuratorem tibi esse non licuit,

    id. 4, 4, 6 Zumpt N. cr.:

    mihi non licet esse piam,

    Ov. H. 14, 64: is erat annus, quo per leges ei consulem fieri liceret Caes. B. C. 3, 1 Oud. N. cr. —But more freq., in this case, there is an attraction of the predicate-noun to the dative dependent on licet.—Hence,
    (γ).
    Licet alicui with inf., esp. with esse:

    per hanc tibi cenam incenato esse hodie licet,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 31:

    per hanc curam quieto tibi licet esse,

    id. Ep. 3, 2, 2:

    licuit esse otioso Themistocli,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33; cf.:

    ut tibi abesse liceat, et esse otioso,

    id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: quare [p. 1063] judici mihi non esse liceat, id. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

    ut iis ingratis esse non liceat,

    id. Off. 2, 18, 63:

    quo in genere mihi neglegenti esse non licet,

    id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

    cur iis per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberis non licet?

    id. Fl. 29, 71 (B. and K. liberos; v. supra):

    quibus otiosis ne in communi quidem otio liceat esse,

    id. Cael. 1, 1:

    quibus licet jam esse fortunatissimis,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 8:

    illis timidis et ignavis licet esse,

    Liv. 21, 44, 3.—With other verbs than esse:

    ut sibi per te liceat innocenti vitam in egestate degere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

    cum postulasset... ut sibi triumphanti urbem invehi liceret,

    Liv. 38, 44 fin. —

    Very rarely, in this construction, the dative with licet is wanting, and is to be supplied from the connection: atqui licet esse beatis (sc. iis),

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 19:

    licet eminus esse Fortibus,

    Ov. M. 8, 405:

    Hannibal precatur deos ut incolumi cedere atque abire liceat,

    Liv. 26, 41, 16:

    sibi vitam filiae suā cariorem fuisse, si liberae ac pudicae vivere licitum fuisset,

    id. 3, 50, 6. Cf. on this and the preced. construction, Krüger, Untersuchungen, vol. iii. p. 359 sq.; Ruddim. 2, p. 15; Zumpt, Gram. § 601; Madv. Gram. § 393, c. and obs. 1.—
    (δ).
    With ut, and more freq. with the simple subj.:

    neque jam mihi licet neque est integrum, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 4, 8:

    facto nunc laedat licet,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 53:

    mea quidem causa salvos sis licet,

    id. Rud. 1, 2, 51:

    ludas licet,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33:

    fremant omnes licet,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 195:

    sed omnia licet concurrant,

    id. Att. 14, 4, 2:

    ex qua licet pauca degustes,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 8:

    vel ipsi hoc dicas licet,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 4:

    quamvis licet insectemur istos, metuo ne soli philosophi sint,

    id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53; cf. id. Leg. 3, 10, 24; id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

    sequatur Hermagoram licebit,

    id. Inv. 1, 51, 97; id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

    sis pecore et multa dives tellure licebit,

    Hor. Epod. 15, 19:

    detrahat auctori multum fortuna licebit,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 3; Verg. A. 6, 400. Cf. also under II. a.—
    (ε).
    As a v. impers. absol., with or without dat.:

    immo, aliis si licet, tibi non licet,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 15, 49:

    cum licitum est ei,

    id. And. 2, 6, 12:

    nec crederem mihi impunius Licere,

    id. Heaut. 3, 2, 50:

    quod profecto faciam, si mihi per ejusdem amicitiam licebit,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 3: Ph. Sed quaeso, hominem ut jubeas arcessi. He. Licet, that may be or may be done, I have no objection, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 29:

    si per vos licet,

    id. As. prol. 12:

    id quod postea, si per vos, judices, licitum erit, aperietur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 127:

    dum per aetatem licet,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 28:

    fruare, dum licet,

    id. Heaut. 2, 3, 104; cf.:

    dum licet, loquimini mecum,

    id. Phorm. 3, 3, 16:

    sic ut quimus, aiunt, quando, ut volumus, non licet,

    id. And. 4, 5, 10:

    ut id, quoad posset, quod fas esset, quoad liceret, populi ad partes daret,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 19.
    II.
    Transf. When licet introduces a subordinate proposition, which makes a concession, without abandoning the main proposition, it is used as a conjunction corresponding to quamvis, quamquam, etsi. In late Latin it is, like these, connected with the indicative, and in the class. per. it is not unfreq. opposed to tamen and certe in the main proposition; even if, although, notwithstanding.
    A.
    With subj. (class.):

    quoniam quidem semel suscepi, licet hercules undique omnes mihi minae et terrores periculaque impendeant omnia, succurram atque subibo,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

    improbitas, licet adversario molesta sit, judici invisa est,

    Quint. 6, 4, 15: in comoedia maxime claudamus: licet Varro Musas Plautino dicat sermone locuturas fuisse, si Latine loqui vellent;

    licet, etc.,

    id. 10, 1, 99:

    vita brevis est, licet supra mille annos exeat,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 6:

    licet ingens janitor... exsanguis terreat umbras,

    Verg. A. 6, 400. —With part. for subj.:

    isque, licet caeli regione remotos, mente deos adiit,

    Ov. M. 15, 62.—With a corresp. tamen:

    licet laudem Fortunam, tamen, ut ne Salutem culpem,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 28:

    licet saepius tibi hujus generis litteras mittam... sed tamen, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 1:

    licet tibi significarim, ut ad me venires, tamen, etc.,

    id. Att. 3, 12, 3; Quint. 2, 2, 8; 8, 3, 69:

    licet ergo non sint confirmati testamento, a me tamen, ut confirmati, observabuntur,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 16, 3; Quint. 7 praef. § 2: constet illi licet fides et benevolentia, tranquillitas tamen, etc., Sen. Tranq. Anim. 7, 6.—With ellips. of subj.:

    immatura licet, tamen huc non noxia veni (sc. venias),

    Prop. 5, 11, 17.—With a corresp. certe:

    licet enim haec quivis arbitratu suo reprehendat... certe levior reprehensio est,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 102.—
    B.
    With indic. (post-class.):

    licet inter gesta et facta videtur quaedam esse subtilis differentia, attamen, etc.,

    Dig. 50, 16, 58; 2, 15, 8, § 25:

    licet directae libertates deficiunt, attamen, etc.,

    ib. 29, 7, 2: obduxi licet arma, sum Priapus, Poëta ap. Anth. Lat. 5, 218; Macr. S. 1, 11; App. M. 2, p. 117, 25.—
    C.
    As an adv. with adj. or part., although (post-class.):

    licet contumacissimum, tamen efficacissimum, etc.,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 8, 1:

    miles, licet membris vigentibus firmus, se solum circumspicit,

    Amm. 14, 10, 12; 17, 12, 11; Claud. Mam. Paneg. Max. 1.—Hence,
    1.
    lĭcens, entis, P. a., free, unrestrained, uncurbed, bold, forward, presumptuous, licentious.
    A.
    Of persons (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

    quam audaces et quam licentes sumus qui, etc.,

    Gell. 15, 9, 4:

    unde licens Fabius sacra Lupercus habet,

    Prop. 4, 1, 26:

    turba licens, Naides improbae,

    Sen. Hippol. 777.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things (once in Cic.; elsewh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    licentior dithyrambus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

    hic tibi multa licet sermone licentia tecto Dicere,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 569:

    joci,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 93:

    licentior epistula, Plin. N. H. prooem. § 1: imperium,

    Val. Max. 6, 4, 2:

    vita,

    id. 9, 1, 3. —Hence, adv.: lĭcenter, freely, according to one's own pleasure or fancy; and, in a bad sense, without restraint, boldly, impudently, licentiously (class.):

    at quam licenter!

    Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109:

    ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

    id. Or. 23, 77:

    Graeci licenter multa,

    Quint. 1, 8, 6:

    aliquid facere,

    Liv. 26, 10.— Comp.:

    (servos) licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

    Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

    Romanos, remoto metu, laxius licentiusque futuros,

    more remiss in their discipline, Sall. J. 87 fin.:

    gerere res communes,

    id. ib. 108:

    ausi aliquid,

    Quint. 2, 4, 14:

    si quid licentius dixerint,

    id. 1, 2, 7:

    translata,

    id. 8, 3, 37; 12, 10, 50:

    Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane licentius, quam ut fori severitas ferat,

    id. 8, 6, 24; Tac. A. 6, 13.—
    2.
    lĭcĭtus, a, um, P. a., permitted, allowed, allowable, lawful ( poet. and post-Aug. for permissus, honestus):

    sermo,

    Verg. A. 8, 468:

    torus,

    Petr. 34, 8:

    acies,

    Stat. Th. 11, 123:

    negotiatio,

    Dig. 37, 14, 2:

    contractus,

    ib. 50, 14, 3.—In plur. as subst.: lĭcĭta, ōrum, n., things that are lawful:

    ipse per licita atque illicita foedatus,

    Tac. A. 15, 37.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭcĭtē and lĭcĭtō, rightfully, lawfully (post-class. for juste, honeste, legitime).—Form licite, Dig. 30, 114, § 5.—

    Form licito,

    Sol. 11, 8; Cod. Th. 11, 8, 3.

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  • 28 subiciō

        subiciō (the first syl. usu. long by position; often pronounced, and sometimes written, subiiciō), iēcī, iectus, ere    [sub+iacio], to throw under, place under, cast below: inter carros rotasque mataras subiciebant, discharged below (the wagonbodies), Cs.: sarmenta circumdare ignemque circum subicere coeperunt: artūs subiecto torruit igni, O.: tectis ignīs: cum tota se luna sub orbem solis subiecisset: bracchia pallae, O.: collo Bracchia, O.—Of troops, to bring, cause to be encamped, post: castris legiones, Cs.: se iniquis locis, Cs.— To set up, mount, throw up: corpora in equos, V.: regem in equum, L.: Quantum vere novo se subicit alnus, shoots up, V.— To substitute, forge, counterfeit: testamenta: librum, N.— To suborn: subicitur Metellus, qui hanc rem distrahat, Cs.— Fig., to submit, subject, present: ei libellum: ea, quae subiciebantur oculis, L.: res subiectae sensibus.— To ascribe, attribute: nec videre, sub hanc vocem honestatis quae sit subicienda sententia, i. e. what meaning is to be attributed to it: intellegere quae res huic voci subiciatur.— To substitute: silentium erat, inopiā potioris subiciundi, L.: pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet. — To place under, make subject, subject se imperio alterius: se populi R. imperio subiectos dolere, Cs.: virtus subiecta sub varios casūs: bona civium voci praeconis: hiemi navigationem, expose, Cs.: fictis auditionibus fortunas innocentium: aliquid calumniae, L.—In thought, to subordinate, bring under, comprise in: formarum certus est numerus, quae cuique generi subiciantur: per quam res disperse dictae unum sub aspectum subiciuntur.— In order or time, to place after, let follow, affix, annex, append, subjoin: cur sic opinetur, rationem subicit, subjoins: a quibusdam senatoribus subiectum est, L.: vix pauca furenti Subicio, i. e. answer, V.— To bring forward, propose, adduce, bring to mind, prompt, suggest: Si meministi id, quod olim dictum est, subice, T.: quid dicerem: quae dolor querentibus subicit, L.: Spes est Peliā subiecta creatis, O.
    * * *
    subicere, subjeci, subjectus V TRANS
    throw under, place under; make subject; expose

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  • 29 cano

    căno, cĕcĭni, cantum (ancient imp. cante = canite, Carm. Sal. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; fut. perf. canerit = cecinerit, Lib. Augur. ap. Fest. s. v. rumentum, p. 270 ib.; perf. canui = cecini, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 384, predominant in concino, occino, etc.—Examples of sup. cantum and part. cantus, canturus, a, um, appear not to be in use; the trace of an earlier use is found in Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.: canta pro cantata ponebant;

    once canituri,

    Vulg. Apoc. 8, 13), 3, v. n. and a. [cf. kanassô, kanachê, konabos; Germ. Hahn; Engl. chanticleer; kuknos, ciconice; Sanscr. kōkas = duck; Engl. cock], orig. v. n., to produce melodious sounds, whether of men or animals; later, with a designation of the subject-matter of the melody, as v. a., to make something the subject of one ' s singing or playing, to sing of, to celebrate, or make known in song, etc.
    I. A.
    Of men:

    si absurde canat,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12; Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 9:

    celebrare dapes canendo,

    Ov. M. 5, 113:

    si velim canere vel voce vel fidibus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122; Quint. 5, 11, 124; 1, 8, 2; Gell. 19, 9, 3:

    quemadmodum tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338; cf.:

    tibia canentum,

    Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384; Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; Quint. 1, 10, 14:

    curvo calamo,

    Cat. 63, 22:

    harundine,

    Ov. M. 1, 683; Suet. Caes. 32:

    cithara,

    Tac. A. 14, 14:

    lituus quo canitur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30; Verg. E. 2, 31:

    movit Amphion lapides canendo,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 2; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 417 al.; Cic. Brut. 50, 187.—
    2.
    Of the faulty delivery of an orator, to speak in a sing-song tone:

    inclinată ululantique voce more Asiatico canere,

    Cic. Or. 8, 27; cf. canto and canticum.—
    B.
    Of animals (usu. of birds, but also of frogs), Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.:

    volucres nullă dulcius arte canant,

    Prop. 1, 2, 14; Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:

    merula canit aestate, hieme balbutit,

    Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80; 10, 32, 47, § 89:

    ranae alio translatae canunt,

    id. 8, 58, 83, § 227.—Of the raven, Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12.—Esp., of the crowing of a cock:

    galli victi silere solent, canere victores,

    to crow, Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56; v. the whole section; id. ib. 2, 26, 56, § 57; Col. 8, 2, 11; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49 (cf. also cantus):

    gallina cecinit, interdixit hariolus (the crowing of a hen being considered as an auspicium malum),

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 27.—

    In the lang. of the Pythagoreans, of the heavenly bodies (considered as living beings),

    the music of the spheres, Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 27.—
    C.
    Transf., of the instruments by which, or ( poet.) of the places in which, the sounds are produced, to sound, resound:

    canentes tibiae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

    maestae cecinere tubae,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 9:

    frondiferasque novis avibus canere undique silvas,

    and the leafy forest everywhere resounds with young birds, Lucr. 1, 256; Auct. Aetn. 295.
    II. A.
    With carmen, cantilenam, versus, verba, etc., to sing, play, rehearse, recite:

    cum Simonides cecinisset, id carmen, quod in Scopam scripsisset,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

    carmina quae in epulis canuntur,

    id. Brut. 18, 71:

    in eum (Cossum) milites carmina incondita aequantes eum Romulo canere,

    Liv. 4, 20, 2:

    Ascraeum cano carmen,

    Verg. G. 2, 176; Suet. Caes. 49; Curt. 5, 1, 22: canere versus, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 36 Müll. (Ann. v. 222 Vahl.); Cic. Or. 51, 171; id. Brut. 18, 71:

    neniam,

    Suet. Aug. 100: idyllia erôtika, Gell. 19, 9, 4, § 10:

    verba ad certos modos,

    Ov. F. 3, 388:

    Phrygium,

    Quint. 1, 10, 33 Spald.—The homog. noun is rarely made the subject of the act. voice:

    cum in ejus conviviis symphonia caneret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105.—
    2.
    Prov.
    a.
    Carmen intus canere, to sing for one ' s self, i. e. to consult only one ' s own advantage, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 53; id. Agr. 2, 26, 68; v. Aspendius.—
    b.
    Cantilenam eandem canis, like the Gr. to auto adeis asma, ever the old tune, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 10; v. cantilena.—
    B.
    With definite objects.
    a.
    In gen., to sing, to cause to resound, to celebrate in song, to sing of, Lucr. 5, 328:

    laudes mortui,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 70 Müll.:

    canere ad tibiam clarorum virorum laudes atque virtutes,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; Quint. 1, 10, 10; 1, 10, 31; Liv. 45, 38, 12:

    puellis carmine modulato laudes virtutum ejus canentibus,

    Suet. Calig. 16 fin.:

    dei laudes,

    Lact. 6, 21, 9:

    deorum laudes,

    Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 8.—So with de:

    canere ad tibicinem de clarorum hominum virtutibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3 (cf. cantito):

    praecepta,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 11:

    jam canit effectos extremus vinitor antes,

    Verg. G. 2, 417 Wagn. N. cr.:

    nil dignum sermone,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 4:

    quin etiam canet indoctum,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 9:

    grandia elate, jucunda dulciter, moderata leniter canit,

    Quint. 1, 10, 24; Cat. 63, 11:

    Io! magna voce, Triumphe, canet,

    Tib. 2, 5, 118; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 52; cf. Hor. C. 4, 2, 47:

    haec super arvorum cultu pecorumque canebam,

    Verg. G. 4, 559 Wagn.: et veterem in limo ranae cecinere querelam, croaked (according to the ancient pronunciation, kekinere kuerelam, an imitation of the Aristophanic Brekekekex; v. the letter C), id. ib. 1, 378; Lucr. 2, 601:

    anser Gallos adesse canebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 656:

    motibus astrorum nunc quae sit causa, canamus,

    Lucr. 5, 510:

    sunt tempestates et fulmina clara canenda,

    id. 6, 84.—
    b.
    With pers. objects ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    canitur adhuc barbaras apud gentes (Arminius),

    Tac. A. 2, 88:

    Herculem... ituri in proelia canunt,

    id. G. 2:

    Dianam,

    Cat. 34, 3:

    deos regesve,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 13:

    Liberum et Musas Veneremque,

    id. ib. 1, 32, 10:

    rite Latonae puerum,

    id. ib. 4, 6, 37;

    1, 10, 5: plectro graviore Gigantas, Ov M. 10, 150: reges et proelia,

    Verg. E. 6, 3; Hor. C. 4, 15, 32:

    arma virumque,

    Verg. A. 1, 1:

    pugnasque virosque,

    Stat. Th. 8, 553:

    maxima bella et clarissimos duces,

    Quint. 10, 1, 62.—Very rarely, to celebrate, without reference to song or poetry:

    Epicurus in quădam epistulă amicitiam tuam et Metrodori grata commemoratione cecinerat,

    Sen. Ep. 79, 13.—Esp. of fame, to trumpet abroad:

    fama facta atque infecta canit,

    Verg. A. 4, 190:

    fama digna atque indigna canit,

    Val. Fl. 217 al. —And prov., to sing or preach to the deaf:

    non canimus surdis,

    Verg. E. 10, 8: praeceptorum, quae vereor ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim. Liv. 40, 8, 10.—
    C.
    Since the responses of oracles were given in verse, to prophesy, foretell, predict.
    a.
    In poetry:

    Sibylla, Abdita quae senis fata canit pedibus,

    Tib. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

    horrendas ambages,

    Verg. A. 6. 99; 3, [p. 280] 444:

    fera fata,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 4; cf. id. Epod. 13, 11; id. S. 2, 5, 58; Tib. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. 3, 3, 36; 1, 6, 50; Hor. C. S. 25:

    et mihi jam multi crudele canebant Artificis scelus,

    Verg. A. 2, 124; Hor. S. 1, 9, 30.—
    b.
    In prose:

    ut haec quae nunc fiunt, canere di inmortales viderentur,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18:

    non haec a me tum tamquam fata... canebantur?

    id. Sest. 21, 47:

    eum, qui ex Thetide natus esset, majorem patre suo futurum cecinisse dicuntur oracula,

    Quint. 3, 7, 11; Just. 11, 7, 4; 7, 6, 1; Tac. A. 2, 54; id. H. 4, 54:

    cecinere vates, idque carmen pervenerat ad antistitem fani Dianae,

    Liv. 1, 45, 5; 5, 15, 4 sq.; 1, 7, 10; Tac. A. 14, 32; Liv. 30, 28, 2; cf. Nep. Att. 16, 4; cf.

    of philosophers, etc.: ipsa memor praecepta Canam,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 11 Orell. ad loc.; cf.:

    quaeque diu latuere, canam,

    Ov. M. 15, 147.
    III.
    In milit. lang., t. t., both act. and neutr., of signals, to blow, to sound, to give; or to be sounded, resound.
    A.
    Act.:

    bellicum (lit. and trop.) canere, v. bellicus: classicum, v. classicus: signa canere jubet,

    to give the signal for battle, Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1:

    Pompeius classicum apud eum (sc. Scipionem) cani jubet,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 82.— Absol. without signum, etc.: tubicen canere coepit, Auct. B. Afr. 82; cf. Flor. 4, 2, 66.—
    B.
    Neutr.:

    priusquam signa canerent,

    Liv. 1, 1, 7:

    ut attendant, semel bisne signum canat in castris,

    id. 27, 47, 3 and 5; 23, 16, 12;

    24, 46 (twice): repente a tergo signa canere,

    Sall. J. 94, 5; Liv. 7, 40, 10; Verg. A. 10, 310; Flor. 3, 18, 10:

    classicum apud eos cecinit,

    Liv. 28, 27, 15.—
    2.
    Receptui canere, to sound a retreat:

    Hasdrubal receptui propere cecinit (i. e. cani jussit),

    Liv. 27, 47, 2; Tac. H. 2, 26.— Poet.:

    cecinit jussos receptus,

    Ov. M. 1, 340.—And in Livy impers.:

    nisi receptui cecinisset,

    if it had not sounded a counter-march, Liv. 26, 44, 4:

    ut referrent pedem, si receptui cecinisset,

    id. 3, 22, 6.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    revocante et receptui canente senatu,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:

    ratio abstrahit ab acerbis cogitationibus a quibus cum cecinit receptui,

    id. Tusc. 3, 15, 33:

    antequam (orator) in has aetatis (sc. senectutis) veniat insidias, receptui canet,

    Quint. 12, 11, 4.
    ► Examples for the signif.
    to practice magic, to charm, etc., found in the derivv. cantus, canto, etc., are entirely wanting in this verb.

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  • 30 certus

    certus, a, um [orig. P. a. from cerno; hence], adj., determined, resolved, fixed, settled, purposed: non dubius.
    I.
    (Acc. to cerno, II. D.) Certum est (mihi), it is determined, it is my ( thy, his, etc.) decision, resolution, will, I am resolved, I mean, etc. (mostly ante-class.; most freq. in Plaut.); with inf.: quorum virtuti belli Fortuna pepercit, Eorundem me libertati parcere certum est, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 206 Vahl.):

    certum'st hominem eludere,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 109:

    tibi credere,

    id. Aul. 4, 9, 7; cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 32; id. Curc. 2, 1, 1; id. Cas. 2, 4, 15; id. Cist. 3, 1, 16; id. Ep. 5, 1, 57; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 37; id. Most. 1, 3, 80; id. Men. 5, 6, 12; id. Mil. 2, 3, 32; id. Merc. 3, 1, 7; id. Ps. 1, 5, 138; id. Poen. 5, 5, 25; id. Pers. 2, 2, 39; id. Rud. 3, 3, 22; id. Stich. 5, 4, 2; id. Trin. 2, 1, 34; id. Truc. 2, 6, 68; Ter. And. 2, 1, 11; id. Eun. 1, 2, 108: certum est deliberatumque, quae ad causam pertinere arbitror, omnia dicere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

    certum atque decretum est non dare signum,

    Liv. 2, 45, 13:

    certum est igni circumdare muros,

    Verg. A. 9, 153.—Certum'st mihi with inf., Plaut. As. 1, 3, 94; 3, 3, 23; id. Cas. 1, 1, 3; id. Mil. 3, 1, 154; id. Ps. 4, 8, 2; Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144; Liv. 35, 46, 13; Ov. M. 9, 53 al.—Without inf., esp. parenthet., with expression of purpose by a fut. tense:

    certum est, malam rem potius quaeram cum lucro,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 15:

    certum est, jam dicam patri,

    id. Bacch. 3, 1, 15:

    certum est, ibo ad medicum,

    id. Merc. 2, 4, 4: An. Certumn' est tibi? Ly. Certum, id. Poen. 2, 48; cf. id. Stich. 4, 2, 33.—With pron. or subst.: Ar. Certumne'st tibi istuc? He. Non moriri certius, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 74;

    so further with istuc,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 20; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 30:

    mihi autem abjurare certius est quam dependere,

    Cic. Att. 1, 8, 3:

    ad eum senem oppugnare certum est consilium,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 60:

    quae nunc sunt certa ei consilia, etc.,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 16:

    certa res hanc est objurgare,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 73; so id. Merc. 5, 2, 16; id. Mil. 2, 4, 45; Ter. And. 2, 2, 31; Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 16.—
    b.
    (From the time of the Aug. poets.) Transf. to the person who is determined upon something, determined, resolved, bent.
    (α).
    With inf.:

    certa mori,

    Verg. A. 4, 564 (cf. id. ib. 4, 475:

    decrevitque mori): certi non cedere,

    Ov. M. 9, 43:

    certa sequi,

    Val. Fl. 5, 47.—
    (β).
    With gen. (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 323; Zumpt, Gr. § 437, n. 1;

    A. and S. § 213, R. 1): certus eundi,

    Verg. A. 4, 554; Ov. M. 11, 440:

    desciscendi,

    Tac. H. 4, 14:

    relinquendae vitae,

    id. A. 4, 34:

    necis,

    Sil. 6, 27:

    fugae,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 12:

    destinationis,

    Tac. A. 12, 32:

    sceleris,

    id. ib. 12, 66:

    consilii,

    id. H. 2, 46.—
    (γ).
    With an:

    nec sat certa an cederet armis,

    Sil. 9, 480.—
    II.
    An epithet of all those objects whose existence or reality is fixed, determined (hence in connection with definitus, Quint. 7, 10, 7;

    with praefinitus,

    Suet. Galb. 14), or in respect to which there can be no doubt (hence opp. dubius, Quint. 7, 6, 3; 5, 12, 3; 12, 3, 6 al.).
    A.
    Object.
    1.
    Of things whose external qualities, number, etc., are invariable, established, settled, fixed, particular, specified, etc. (class.):

    Arboribus primum certis gravis umbra tributa,

    Lucr. 6, 783:

    fruges, bacae,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

    jam ad certas res conficiendas certos homines delectos ac descriptos habebat,

    id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    concilium in diem certam indicere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 30 fin.;

    so with dies,

    a fixed term, Cato, R. R. 149, 1; Cic. Att. 6, 2, 9; Nep. Chabr. 3, 1; Liv. 1, 50, 1; Tac. G. 9 al.; cf.:

    certis diebus,

    Verg. G. 2, 329:

    quaerere ab judicibus cur in certa verba jurent, cur certo tempore conveniant, certo discedant,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132; cf. Suet. Aug. 41:

    certum praefinitumque tempus,

    id. Galb. 14; and:

    certum statumque vectigal,

    id. Calig. 40:

    pecunia (opp. arbitraria), v. arbitrarius: finis aerumnarum,

    Lucr. 1, 108; cf. id. 2, 512; 8, 1091; Hor. S. 1, 1, 106; id. Ep. 1, 2, 56:

    locus,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 6:

    numerus,

    id. ib. 7, 75:

    signum,

    fixed, agreed upon, id. B. C. 1, 27:

    naves,

    fixed in number and quality, id. ib. 1, 56:

    pecuniae imperabantur,

    id. ib. 3, 32 fin.:

    conviva,

    i. e. a daily, constant guest, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 75 Schmid:

    ecquem tu illo certiorem nebulonem,

    Cic. Att. 15, 21, 2.—
    b.
    But sometimes indef., like quidam, and our certain, of things, the certainty of whose existence is given, but whose nature is not more definitely designated, or comes not into consideration (cf. aliquis):

    Cephaloedi mensis est certus, quo mense sacerdotem maximum creari oporteat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 128:

    habet certos sui studiosos,

    id. Brut. 16, 64:

    (hunc) certis rebus imperatis regnare jussit,

    id. Sest. 27, 58:

    certi homines ad eam rem periti,

    id. ib. 18, 41:

    res a certis hominibus corrupta,

    id. Fam. 1, 2, 3; 4, 9, 2; 16, 11, 2; id. Marcell. 6, 16; id. Deiot. 4, 11; Liv. 34, 61, 7.—Hence in Quint. several times in connection with quidam and aliquis:

    ad certas quasdam dicendi leges alligati,

    Quint. 8, prooem. § 2; so id. 8, prooem. § 12; 4, 2, 28; 5, 10, 2; 5, 10, 5; 9, 4, 8;

    11, 2, 28: aliquos compositionis certos pedes,

    id. 10, 2, 13; so id. 7, prooem. § 4; and subst.:

    in his certos aliquos docebit,

    id. 2, 8, 13.—
    2.
    Trop., of things whose internal moral qualities are established, fixed, can be relied upon, sure, unerring, to be depended upon, true, faithful, [p. 321] etc. (so most freq. in all periods and species of composition; syn.: firmus, confirmatus, exploratus, indubitatus, manifestus al.).
    a.
    Of persons: amicus certus in re incertā cernitur, Enn. ap. Cic. Lael. 17, 64; cf.:

    tu ex amicis certis mi es certissimus,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 57:

    certi homines, quibus dem litteras,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. Cat. 3, 7, 16; Nep. Paus. 2, 4; id. Alcib. 10, 1; Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 53; id. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 156:

    certus enim promisit Apollo, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 28:

    auctor (mortis),

    Quint. 6, 3, 68; cf. Suet. Tib. 5:

    adversus hostem nec spe nec animo certiorem, i. e. firmiorem,

    Liv. 10, 35, 17: apud latera certos collocaverat, Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 576 (H. 1, 53 Dietsch); cf. Nep. Dion, 9, 2:

    per litora certos dimittam,

    Verg. A. 1, 576:

    certissimus auctor (Phoebus),

    id. G. 1, 432.—
    b.
    Of things:

    satis animo certo et confirmato,

    Cic. Quint. 24, 77; cf.

    pectora,

    Verg. A. 9, 249, and certior indoles, Suet. Ner. 10:

    promissa,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 1:

    parata dicendi copia et certa,

    Quint. 10, 6, 6; id. 6, prooem. §

    9: jus,

    id. 12, 3, 6 et saep.:

    jactus (telorum),

    Tac. A. 14, 37; cf.

    in this sense certa hasta,

    Verg. A. 11, 767:

    sagitta,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 23:

    fides segetis,

    id. ib. 3, 16, 30:

    spes,

    id. C. S. 74:

    trames,

    id. S. 2, 3, 49:

    lar,

    id. Ep. 1, 7, 58 al.:

    plana et certa,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1:

    certa et clara,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 1 Ruhnk.; so Liv. 22, 39, 22; cf. Hor. S. 2, 6, 27.—Subst., with gen.:

    certa maris,

    Tac. H. 4, 81.—
    B.
    Subject., of that which is established by evidence, etc., placed beyond doubt, certain, sure, true, proved, established (class.; esp. freq. in neutr.):

    cum ad has suspitiones certissimae res accederent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 19; 5, 29:

    incerta pro certis malebant,

    Sall. C. 17, 6; cf.:

    incerta pro certis mutare,

    id. J. 83, 1:

    postremo certior res,

    Liv. 29, 6, 12:

    certiora esse dicunt quam, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 13; id. Att. 3, 11, 2; Liv. 10, 35, 12: So. Satin hoc certum'st? Ge. Certum:

    hisce oculis egomet vidi,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 31:

    jam satis certumst virginem vitiatam esse?

    id. Enn. 4, 4, 36:

    cum certius tibi sit me esse Romae quam mihi te Athenis,

    Cic. Att. 1, 9, 1:

    id parum certum est,

    Liv. 5, 35, 3:

    cum de altero intellectu certum est, de altero dubium,

    Quint. 7, 6, 3; cf. id. 7, 3, 4: non certum traditur, with interrog.-clause, Liv. 2, 8, 8:

    nec quicquam certi respondes mihi?

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 84:

    neque tanto spatio certi quid esset explorari poterat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

    certum inveniri non potest ne... an,

    id. B. C. 1, 25:

    si quicquam humanorum certi est,

    Liv. 5, 33, 1: Ph. Civemne? Th. Arbitror:

    Certum non scimus,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 31; cf. id. Phorm. 1, 2, 98; Cic. Att. 12, 23, 2.—So, certum scire, to know for a certainty, Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 12; id. Hec. 3, 1, 44; Cic. Fam. 9, 23 init.:

    certum habere,

    to reckon certain, id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Liv. 36, 28, 4; 5, 3, 2; Quint. 2, 3, 9; Col. 2, 22, 5 al.:

    certum respondeo,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:

    cognoscere, Auct. B. Alex. 53: comperire, Auct. B. Hisp. 22.—So also pro certo habere,

    Cic. Att. 10, 6, 3; Matius ap. Cic. Att. 9, 15, A med.; Sall. C. 52, 17; Suet. Dom. 23:

    negare,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 5:

    polliceri,

    id. Agr. 2, 37, 102:

    dicere aliquid,

    id. Brut. 3, 10:

    ponere,

    Liv. 23, 6, 8:

    scire,

    id. 25, 10, 1:

    affirmare,

    id. 27, 1, 13; 3, 23, 7; cf. id. 1, 3, 2 Drak.:

    creditur,

    Sall. C. 15, 2:

    coeperit esse,

    Quint. 5, 12, 2:

    certius cognoscere ex aliquo de aliquā re,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 52, 5.—Strengthened by comp.:

    quin nihil invenies magis hoc certo certius,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 111; cf.:

    et hoc certo certius est et saepissime constitutum,

    Dig. 42, 8, 10, § 14:

    certo certius,

    Ambros. in Ephes. 5; Paul. Vit. St. Ambros. 25; App. M. 9, p. 237, 27.—In Plaut. certum or certius facere alicui, to give certainty to one concerning any thing, make him certain, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 17; 5, 2, 12; id. Ps. 2, 2, 4.—
    2.
    Transf. to the person who is made certain in reference to a thing, certain, sure:

    certi sumus periisse omnia,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 5:

    num quid nunc es certior?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 191:

    posteritatis,

    i. e. of posthumous fame, Plin. Ep. 9, 3, 1:

    sententiae,

    Quint. 4, 3, 8:

    judicii,

    Sen. Ep. 45, 9:

    certus de suā geniturā,

    Suet. Vesp. 25:

    damnationis,

    id. Tib. 61:

    exitii,

    Tac. A. 1, 27:

    spei,

    id. H. 4, 3:

    matrimonii,

    id. A. 12, 3:

    certi sumus, etc.,

    Gell. 18, 10, 5.—In class. prose mostly in the phrase certiorem facere aliquem (de aliquā re, alicujus rei, with a foll, acc. and inf., with a rel.-clause or absol.), to inform, apprise one of a thing:

    me certiorem face,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 69:

    ut nos facias certiores,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 32:

    uti se (sc. Caesarem) de his rebus certiorem faciant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

    qui certiorem me sui consilii fecit,

    Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 2:

    Caesarem certiorem faciunt, sese non facile ab oppidis vim hostium prohibere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

    faciam te certiorem quid egerim,

    Cic. Att. 3, 11, 1.— With subj. only:

    milites certiores facit, paulisper intermitterent proelium,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 5 fin. — Pass.:

    quod crebro certior per me fias de omnibus rebus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so Caes. B. G. 1, 7; Sall. J. 104, 1:

    Caesar certior factus est, tres jam copiarum partes Helvetios id flumen transduxisse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 12; so id. ib. 1, 21; 1, 41; 2, 1; Sall. J. 82, 2; Nep. Att. 12, 3:

    factus certior, quae res gererentur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 15:

    non consulibus certioribus factis,

    Liv. 45, 21, 4.—Also in posit., though rarely:

    fac me certum quid tibi est,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 16; 4, 6, 35; Verg. A. 3, 179:

    lacrimae suorum Tam subitae matrem certam fecere ruinae,

    Ov. M. 6, 268.— Hence, adv. in two forms.
    A.
    certō, with certainty, certainly, surely, of a truth, in fact, really, object. and subject. (cf. supra, II. A. and B.); only in the comic poets, and sometimes (most. freq. in his epistt.) in Cic., while the adverbial form certe belongs to all periods and all species of composition. The difference between them is, perhaps, merely historical; but v. infra, certe, B. I. 2. init.
    1.
    Object.:

    perii certo, haud arbitrario,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 42; cf. id. Merc. 2, 3, 106:

    mihi certo nomen Sosia'st,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 176; id. Men. 2, 2, 39; Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 12:

    nihil ita exspectare quasi certo futurum,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 81 (cf. the passage cited under certo, I. 1., from id. Div. 2, 7, 18).—
    b.
    In affirm. answers: Me. Liberum ego te jussi abire? Mes. Certo, yes, certainly, Plaut. Men. 5, 8, 9; so id. ib. 5, 9, 50; 2, 3, 38; id. Poen. 5, 5, 21; Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 9.—
    2.
    Subject.
    a.
    In gen. (very rare):

    certo enim ego vocem hic loquentis modo mi audire visus sum,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 5, 4:

    ego rus abituram me esse certo decrevi,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 10: Th. Quid aīs? Py. Atqui certo comperi, id. Eun. 5, 1, 9.—
    b.
    Esp. in the formula of asseveration, certo scio, I certainly know, I am fully persuaded, beyond all doubt (class.):

    certo edepol scio, me vidisse, etc.,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 2; id. Truc. 1, 1, 49; Ter. And. 5, 4, 26; id. Ad. 4, 5, 14; id. Eun. 1, 2, 119; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 19:

    quod te moleste ferre certo scio,

    Cic. Att. 1, 12, 3; 2, 23, 2; id. Fam. 4, 13, 6; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; id. Rosc. Am. 8, 21; id. Phil. 3, 6, 17; id. Sen. 1, 1; 1, 2; Sall. J. 9, 2; id. C. 51, 16:

    veniunt in mentem mihi permulta: vobis plura, certo scio,

    Cic. Caecin. 19, 55 (cf. under certe, I. 2.).—
    B.
    certē (class.; cf. supra, certo init.).
    I.
    Affirming strongly, with certainty, certainly, undoubtedly, assuredly, surely, really.
    1.
    Object.:

    certe edepol, tu me alienabis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 243:

    ego quidem ab hoc certe exorabo,

    id. Bacch. 5, 2, 58:

    certe hercle,

    id. As. 2, 1, 15; cf. Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 8; Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 71; Ter. And. 2, 2, 10:

    quom is certe Renuntiarit,

    id. Heaut. 4, 4, 4:

    certe captus est!

    id. And. 1, 1, 55:

    certe ut videamur cernere eum,

    Lucr. 4, 760:

    si enim scit, certe illud eveniet: sin certe eveniet, nulla fortuna est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 7, 18; cf. id. N. D. 1, 2, 5:

    fuit certe id aequum et certe exspectatum est, etc.,

    id. Planc. 16, 38:

    ea certe vera sunt,

    id. Mil. 35, 96:

    M. Catoni certe licuit, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

    jam illa perfugia certe minime sunt audienda,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 9:

    cum se certe decessurum videret,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 104; Cat. 62, 8:

    certe hinc Romanos olim fore ductores pollicitus,

    Verg. A. 1, 234:

    o dea certe,

    a goddess surely, id. ib. 1, 328:

    postremo expellet certe vivacior heres,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 132:

    placuit tibi, Delphice, certe, Dum, etc.,

    Ov. M. 2, 543 al. — Comp.:

    speculatores mittere, qui certius explorata referant,

    Liv. 3, 40, 13; 35, 48, 3:

    si reperire vocas amittere certius,

    Ov. M. 5, 519; App. M. 2, p. 118, 1.— Sup., Tert. Pall. 4.—
    b.
    In an answer of affirmation:

    estne ipsus an non est! Is est, Certe is est, is est profecto,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 65; so Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 53; Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 9; id. Clu. 54, 149; id. Phil. 1, 15, 37; id. Ac. 2, 35, 113; and in confirmation of a preceding fact: venerat, ut opinor, haec res in judicium. Certe, certainly, surely, Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 42; id. Fam. 4, 2, 5; id. Or. 42, 144; cf. id. Off. 3, 29, 105; id. Fin. 2, 27, 91.—
    2.
    Subject., mostly in the phrase certe scio, I know to a certainty, I am sure (acc. to Klotz ad Cic. Sen. 1, 2, certe scio = certum est me scire, I am fully convinced: certo scio = certum est quod scio, my knowledge is accurate, etc.):

    certe edepol scio, si aliud quicquam est quod credam aut certo sciam, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 115:

    edepol certo scio,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 20:

    scelestiorem me hac anu certe scio Vidisse numquam,

    id. Aul. 1, 1, 21; cf. Cic. Arch. 12, 32:

    ex litteris certe scire potuistis,

    id. Font. 4, 8; id. Phil. 12, 12, 29:

    quod iste certe statuerat ac deliberaverat non adesse,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1.—
    b.
    In affirm. answers: Ar. Ain' vero? Le. Certe, inquam, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 132: Ch. Ain'tu? So. Certe, sic erit, Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 12.—
    c.
    In a subjective supposition or presumption that a thing is so, certainly, surely, assuredly, doubtless, of course; Gr. isôs:

    ah nugas agis, Certe habes,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 25; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 58:

    si me tanti facis, quanti certe facis,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3; 7, 8, 1; cf. Verg. A. 1, 234; Ov. M. 2, 423; Prop. 2, 7, 1. —
    (β).
    In interrog., Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3; Suet. Aug. 33.—
    II.
    Affirming with restriction, yet surely, yet indeed, at least, notwithstanding (very freq. in prose and poetry, esp. after the class. per.).
    A.
    Alone:

    si non ipsā re tibi istuc dolet, Simulare certe est hominis,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 16:

    cingitur, certe expedit se,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 152:

    ut homines mortem vel optare incipiant, vel certe timere desistant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117:

    haec... sint falsa sane, invidiosa certe non sunt,

    id. Ac. 2, 32, 105:

    qui... ut non referat pedem, sistet certe,

    id. Phil. 12, 4, 8:

    res fortasse verae, certe graves,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 7; cf. Liv. 9, 11, 13:

    consulatum unum certe plebis Romanae esse,

    id. 22, 34, 11:

    quos quoniam caeli nondum dignamur honore, Quas dedimus certe terras habitare sinamus,

    Ov. M. 1, 195 et saep.:

    quo quid sit beatius, mihi certe in mentem venire non potest,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 81; so,

    ego certe,

    Quint. 8, 3, 65; 9, 4, 57:

    certe ego,

    Sall. J. 31, 5; Ov. H. 19, 81; id. M. 13, 840; id. Tr. 4, 5, 13:

    mihi certe,

    Quint. 10, 3, 23:

    ipse certe,

    id. 8, 6, 30; Curt. 7, 4, 19; 7, 6, 22.—
    B.
    With other particles.
    1.
    With tamen:

    illud certe tamen, quod jam amplexi sumus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 22; id. Sen. 23, 84.—
    2.
    With at: quod (consilium) si non fuerit prudens, at certe ab optima fide proficiscetur, Balb. et opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A, 1; Ov. F. 3, 351; cf. at II. 3.—
    3.
    With sed: non integrā re, sed certe minus infractā, quam, etc., Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 8; cf. Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 56 dub. B. and K. —
    4.
    With quidem:

    ubi sit animus, certe quidem in te est,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 70:

    quoniam volumus quidem certe senes fieri,

    id. Sen. 2, 6; id. Quint. 15, 50:

    certe quidem vos estis Romani, etc.,

    Liv. 45, 22, 5. (But quidem does not belong with certe in such passages as the foll.:

    hic quidem certe memorat, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 261 al.; v. quidem; cf. also aut and vel.)

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  • 31 libet

    lĭbet or lŭbet, libuit (lub-) and libitum (lub-) est (in Cic. perh. only in the latter form), 2, v. n. and impers. (libeo, es, etc., as a personal verb acc. to Caper ap. Prisc. p. 922 P.) [Sanscr. root lubh, cupere, desiderare; Gr. root liph- in liptô, lips; cf. Goth. liub-s; Germ. lieb, dear; Lat. līber], it pleases, is pleasing, is agreeable: mihi, I am disposed, I like, I please, I will.— Constr. with nom. of a demonstr. or rel. pronoun, with inf. or a subject-clause as subject, or impers. without a subject, and with or without a dat.
    (α).
    Id (quod) libet (mihi):

    quod tibi lubet, idem mihi lubet,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 138:

    facite, quod vobis lubet,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 34:

    cui facile persuasi, mihi id, quod rogaret, ne licere quidem, non modo non libere,

    Cic. Att. 14, 19, 4; cf.:

    sin et poterit Naevius id quod libet et ei libebit quod non licet, quid agendum est?

    id. Quint. 30, 94:

    quodcumque homini accidit libere, posse retur,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 17:

    ubi peregre, tibi quod libitum fuit, feceris,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 77.—Once in plur.:

    cetera item, quae cuique libuissent, dilargitus est,

    Suet. Caes. 20.—Without a dat.:

    rogita quod lubet,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 31:

    faciat quod lubet,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 55:

    nihil vident, nisi quod lubet,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 30:

    si quid lubet,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7, 88:

    quae (senectus) efficeret, ut id non liberet quod non oporteret,

    Cic. de Sen. 12, 42:

    illa priorum scribendi, quodcumque animo flagrante liberet, simplicitas,

    Juv. 1, 152.—
    (β).
    With inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat.:

    concedere aliquantisper hinc mihi intro lubet,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 158:

    mihi lubet nunc venire Pseudolum,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 3; Ter. And. 5, 5, 2: Qui lubitumst illi condormiscere? Lu. Oculis, opinor, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 13:

    non libet mihi deplorare vitam,

    Cic. de Sen. 23, 84:

    quarum (orationum) alteram non libebat mihi scribere,

    id. Att. 2, 7, 1:

    de quo genere libitum est mihi paulo plura dicere,

    id. de Or. 2, 85, 348; id. Leg. 2, 27, 69; Ter. And. 1, 5, 28.—Without a dat.: cum illuc ventum est, ire illinc lubet, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 258 Vahl.); Ter. And. 4, 5, 21:

    de C. Gracchi tribunatu quid exspectem non libet augurari,

    Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

    qui in foro, quicum colloqui libeat, non habeant,

    id. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

    incoharo haec studia, vel non vacabit, vel non libebit,

    Quint. 1, 12, 12; 10, 1, 13; Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 4:

    ultra Sauromatas fugere hinc libet,

    Juv. 2, 1: libet expectare quis impendat, etc., I should like to see who, etc., id. 12, 95.—
    (γ).
    Absol., with or without a dat.:

    ego ibo pro te, si tibi non libet,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 10:

    ubiquomque libitum erit animo meo,

    id. As. 1, 1, 97:

    adi, si libet,

    id. Pers. 5, 2, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45; Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

    age, age, ut libet,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 10:

    ut libet, as an expression of assent,

    id. Heaut. 4, 4, 16; 4, 5, 32; 5, 1, 61; id. Ad. 2, 2, 38: Ch. Quid in urbe reptas villice? Ol. Lubet, Plaut. Cas. 1, 11; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 79: Pe. Qua fiducia ausus... dicere? Ep. Libuit, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 33; cf. id. Ps. 1, 3, 114.—Hence,
    1.
    lĭbens ( lŭbens; LIBES, Inscr. R. N. 2598 Mommsen), entis, P. a., that does a thing willingly or with readiness, willing, with good will, with pleasure (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    studen hercle audire, nam ted ausculto lubens,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 108: Ph. Complectere. An Facio lubens, id. As. 3, 3, 25:

    ego illud vero illud feci, ac lubens,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 43; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 15; id. And. 2, 1, 37: cum totius Italiae concursus facti illius gloriam [p. 1060] libens agnovisset, Cic. Mil. 14, 38.—Freq. (esp. in Cic.; Cæs. and Quint. do not use libens as an adj. at all) in the abl. absol.: me, te, etc., and animo libente or libenti, with pleasure, gladly, very willingly:

    edepol me lubente facies,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 218:

    me libente eripies mihi hunc errorem,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6; id. de Or. 2, 73, 295:

    libente me vero,

    id. Rep. 1, 9 fin. Mos. N. cr.:

    quae (res nostrae) tam libenti senatu laudarentur,

    id. Att. 1, 14, 3:

    cum Musis nos delectabimus animo aequo, immo vero etiam gaudenti ac libenti,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 2.— Sup.:

    cunctae praefecturae libentissimis animis eum recipiunt,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 15, 1:

    illam porticum redemptores statim sunt demoliti libentissimis omnibus,

    Cic. Att. 4, 2, 5:

    libentissimis Graecis,

    id. Fam. 13, 65, 1:

    lubentissimo corde atque animo,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 22:

    fecit animo libentissimo populus Romanus,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 25.—
    2.
    In partic.:

    libens or libens merito (abbreviated L. M.), a formula used in paying a vow: Jovi lubens meritoque vitulor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 1:

    EX VOTO L. M.,

    Inscr. Orell. 1412: V. S. L. M., i. e. votum solvit libens merito, or V. L. S., i. e. votum libens solvit, very freq. in inscriptions. —
    B.
    Transf., glad, happy, joyful, cheerful, merry (ante-class.):

    uti ego illos lubentiores faciam, quam Lubentia'st,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 2:

    ego omnes hilaros, lubentes, laetificantes faciam ut fiant,

    id. Pers. 5, 1, 8:

    hilarum ac lubentem fac te in gnati nuptiis,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 38.—Hence, adv.: lĭbenter or lŭbenter, willingly, cheerfully, gladly, with pleasure, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 239 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 15, 12 (Trag. v. 379 ib.):

    cenare lubenter,

    Cato, R. R. 156:

    ecastor frigida non lavi magis lubenter,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 1:

    ut homines te libenter studioseque audiant,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; id. Rep. 1, 18, 30:

    libenter verbo utor Catonis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 3; id. Lael. 24, 89; id. Rep. 2, 38, 64:

    ego tuas litteras legi libenter,

    id. Fam. 3, 5, 1; id. Att. 2, 1, 1:

    libenter homines id, quod volunt, credunt,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 18.— Comp.:

    ille adjurans, nusquam se umquam libentius (cenavisse),

    with a better appetite, Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Lael. 19, 68:

    nihil libentius audiunt,

    Quint. 7, 1, 63; 8, 2, 11:

    nil umquam hac carne libentius edit,

    Juv. 15, 88.— Sup.: cui ego quibuscumque rebus potero libentissime commodabo, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 275, 18: cum lubentissime edis, Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2:

    libentissime dare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 63; id. Leg. 2, 1, 1; Sen. Ep. 30, 9.— Hence also,
    2.
    lĭbĭtus, a, um, P. a.; only plur. as subst.: lĭbĭta, ōrum, n., lit., the things that please, one's pleasure, will, liking, humor (Tacitean):

    sua libita exercebant,

    Tac. A. 6, 1:

    ad libita Caesarum,

    id. ib. 12, 6:

    ad libita Pallantis,

    id. ib. 14, 2.

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  • 32 calamitosus

    călămitōsus, a, um [st2]1 [-] qui détruit les blés, funeste aux récoltes. [st2]2 [-] désastreux, nuisible, pernicieux, funeste. [st2]3 [-] exposé à la grêle, exposé au mauvais temps; malheureux, accablé de calamités.    - tempestas calamitosa, Cic.: ouragan dévastateur.    - victoriae Romanis calamitosae, Suet.: victoires funestes aux Romains.    - praedium calamitosum, Cato.: ferme exposée aux intempéries.    - culpā calamitosus, Cic.: malheureux par sa faute.
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    călămitōsus, a, um [st2]1 [-] qui détruit les blés, funeste aux récoltes. [st2]2 [-] désastreux, nuisible, pernicieux, funeste. [st2]3 [-] exposé à la grêle, exposé au mauvais temps; malheureux, accablé de calamités.    - tempestas calamitosa, Cic.: ouragan dévastateur.    - victoriae Romanis calamitosae, Suet.: victoires funestes aux Romains.    - praedium calamitosum, Cato.: ferme exposée aux intempéries.    - culpā calamitosus, Cic.: malheureux par sa faute.
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        Calamitosus, pen. prod. Adiectiuum. Plin. Subject à gresle, et estre gasté du mauvais temps, Subject à hazard.
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        Calamitosum caelum. Cato. Subject à gresles ou gelees et autres tempestes, ou Mauvais air.
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        Calamitosus. Cic. Plein de calamitez et d'ennuy, de miseres et d'encombriers, Calamiteux, Chetif.
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        Calamitosa praetura Verris. Cic. Dommageable.

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  • 33 mortalis

    mortālis, e [st2]1 [-] sujet à la mort, mortel, périssable. [st2]2 [-] relatif à la mort. [st2]3 [-] qui a une fin, destiné à finir, passager, transitoire. [st2]4 [-] qui appartient à la condition de l'homme, humain, terrestre. [st2]5 [-] qui donne la mort (à l'âme).    - mortalis, is, m.: un mortel (= un homme).    - mortalis crimen, Cypr.: péché mortel.
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    mortālis, e [st2]1 [-] sujet à la mort, mortel, périssable. [st2]2 [-] relatif à la mort. [st2]3 [-] qui a une fin, destiné à finir, passager, transitoire. [st2]4 [-] qui appartient à la condition de l'homme, humain, terrestre. [st2]5 [-] qui donne la mort (à l'âme).    - mortalis, is, m.: un mortel (= un homme).    - mortalis crimen, Cypr.: péché mortel.
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        Mortalis, et hoc mortale, penul. prod. Cic. Mortel, Subject à la mort, Perissable, Subject à corruption, Qui ne durera pas tousjours.
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        Acta deos nunquam mortalia fallunt. Ouid. Dieu scait bien tout ce que les hommes font, et n'y peult estre deceu.
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        Facta mortalia. Horat. Les faicts des hommes mortels.
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        Vulnus mortale. Virgil. Playe faicte par la main d'un homme mortel.
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        Nihil in rebus mortalius. Plin. Qui soit si subject à peril.

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  • 34 obnoxius

    obnoxĭus, a, um [st1]1 [-] responsable aux yeux de la loi, exposé à une peine légale; coupable, responsable.    - ego lege Aquiliā obnoxius sum, Dig.: je suis sous le coup de la loi Aquilia (je suis coupable en vertu de la loi Aquilia).    - obnoxius tibi sum, Plaut.: je suis coupable à ton égard. [st1]2 [-] exposé à, sujet à, soumis à, en butte à; exposé à un mal, à un danger, livré au péril; soumis, pusillanime, dépendant de.    - alicui obnoxius: soumis à qqn, redevable à qqn, esclave de qqn.    - obnoxius uxori: soumis à son épouse.    - alicui rei obnoxius: soumis à qqch.    - obnoxius lubidini, Sall.: esclave de la passion.    - obnoxius periculo, Phaedr.: exposé au danger.    - obnoxius irae, Sen.: sujet à la colère, irascible.    - in omnia obnoxius, Flor. 3, 20, 1: exposé à tout.    - terra ad tales casus obnoxia, Plin. 2: terre exposée à de tels accidents.    - servi in omnia obnoxii, Flor.: esclaves exposés à tout.    - quid metuis? -- ne obnoxius filio sim et servo, Plaut. Bacch.: que crains-tu? -- d'être à la merci de mon fils et de mon esclave.    - ut obnoxios vidit, Curt.: quand il les vit à sa merci. [st1]3 [-] obligé envers, redevable de, tenu de, soumis, obéissant, dévoué.    - fratris radiis obnoxia Luna, Virg. G. 1: la lune qui doit son éclat aux rayons de son frère.    - facies nullis obnoxia gemmis, Prop. 1: beauté qui ne doit rien aux joyaux.    - plerique Crasso ex negotiis privatis obnoxii, Sall. C. 48: la plupart étaient les obligés de Crassus pour leurs affaires personnelles.    - Graecia beneficio libertatis obnoxia Romanis, Liv.: la Grèce redevable aux Romains du bienfait de la liberté. [st1]4 [-] qui n'a pas de volonté, soumis, craintif, servile, humble, vil, bas.    - facies obnoxia mansit, Ov. M. 5: il garda un air humble.    - obnoxia pax, Liv.: paix humiliante.    - si reticeam, aut superbus aut obnoxius videar, Liv.: si je me taisais, je paraîtrais ou orgueilleux ou veule. [st1]5 [-] fragile, faible.    - obnoxium corpus, Plin.: corps maladif.    - obnoxius flos, Plin.: fleur délicate. [st1]6 [-] exposé à, tourné vers (en parl. d'un lieu). [st1]7 [-] qqf. dangereux.    - obnoxium est + inf. Tac. Or. 10: il est dangereux de, il est hasardeux de.
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    obnoxĭus, a, um [st1]1 [-] responsable aux yeux de la loi, exposé à une peine légale; coupable, responsable.    - ego lege Aquiliā obnoxius sum, Dig.: je suis sous le coup de la loi Aquilia (je suis coupable en vertu de la loi Aquilia).    - obnoxius tibi sum, Plaut.: je suis coupable à ton égard. [st1]2 [-] exposé à, sujet à, soumis à, en butte à; exposé à un mal, à un danger, livré au péril; soumis, pusillanime, dépendant de.    - alicui obnoxius: soumis à qqn, redevable à qqn, esclave de qqn.    - obnoxius uxori: soumis à son épouse.    - alicui rei obnoxius: soumis à qqch.    - obnoxius lubidini, Sall.: esclave de la passion.    - obnoxius periculo, Phaedr.: exposé au danger.    - obnoxius irae, Sen.: sujet à la colère, irascible.    - in omnia obnoxius, Flor. 3, 20, 1: exposé à tout.    - terra ad tales casus obnoxia, Plin. 2: terre exposée à de tels accidents.    - servi in omnia obnoxii, Flor.: esclaves exposés à tout.    - quid metuis? -- ne obnoxius filio sim et servo, Plaut. Bacch.: que crains-tu? -- d'être à la merci de mon fils et de mon esclave.    - ut obnoxios vidit, Curt.: quand il les vit à sa merci. [st1]3 [-] obligé envers, redevable de, tenu de, soumis, obéissant, dévoué.    - fratris radiis obnoxia Luna, Virg. G. 1: la lune qui doit son éclat aux rayons de son frère.    - facies nullis obnoxia gemmis, Prop. 1: beauté qui ne doit rien aux joyaux.    - plerique Crasso ex negotiis privatis obnoxii, Sall. C. 48: la plupart étaient les obligés de Crassus pour leurs affaires personnelles.    - Graecia beneficio libertatis obnoxia Romanis, Liv.: la Grèce redevable aux Romains du bienfait de la liberté. [st1]4 [-] qui n'a pas de volonté, soumis, craintif, servile, humble, vil, bas.    - facies obnoxia mansit, Ov. M. 5: il garda un air humble.    - obnoxia pax, Liv.: paix humiliante.    - si reticeam, aut superbus aut obnoxius videar, Liv.: si je me taisais, je paraîtrais ou orgueilleux ou veule. [st1]5 [-] fragile, faible.    - obnoxium corpus, Plin.: corps maladif.    - obnoxius flos, Plin.: fleur délicate. [st1]6 [-] exposé à, tourné vers (en parl. d'un lieu). [st1]7 [-] qqf. dangereux.    - obnoxium est + inf. Tac. Or. 10: il est dangereux de, il est hasardeux de.
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        Obnoxius, Adiectiuum. Plaut. Qui a deservi d'estre puni pour quelque faulte qu'il a faicte.
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        Obnoxium et trepidum agebat. Sueton. Il faisoit bien le petit, Il faisoit le timide et servilement craintif.
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        Minari interdum ferro, nisi sibi obnoxia foret. Sallust. Si elle ne faisoit à son plaisir.
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        Obnoxius gratiae iudex. Quintil. Qui regarde à complaire aux parties, et porter faveur, Favorable.
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        Obnoxius sum illi. Plaut. Je suis subject à luy.
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        Obnoxius, ad alia multa transfertur: vt Obnoxius ventis. Colum. Exposé et subject aux vents.
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        Obnoxius iniuriis, ludibriis, et huiusmodi. Plin. iunior. A qui on fait aiseement injure, ou Souvent subject à injures, Exposé aux injures de chascun.
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        Vides quot periculis, quot contumeliis, quot ludibriis simus obnoxii. Plin. iunior. Tu vois à combien de dangers nous sommes subjects.
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        Obnoxius crimini. Liu. Qui est chargé d'aucun crime.
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        Mens turpi obnoxia facto. Tibull. Se sentant coulpable de quelque meschant acte.
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        Pars hominum obnoxia prauis. Horat. Addonnee et comme assubjectie à vices.
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        Obnoxius tibi sum. Plaut. Je suis tenu à toy, Je suis ton obligé.
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        Animis obnoxius. Plin. Forlignant et deshonneste, Coeur villain et qui n'ha rien de noble.
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        Arua obnoxia curae. Virg. Desquels il fault necessairement avoir soing, Lesquels ne rapportent rien s'ils ne sont soingneusement cultivez et labourez.
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        Corpora obnoxia. Plin. Maladifs.
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        Fructus feris obnoxius. Colum. Qui est au danger des bestes sauvages et en leur misericorde.
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        Obnoxia nulli animali olera. Plin. Ausquels nulle beste ne fait dommage ou nuisance.

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  • 35 teneo

    tĕnĕo, ēre, tĕnŭi, tentum    - parf. arch. tĕtĭni, Diom. 366, 23; 372, 18; subj. tĕtĭnĕrim, tĕtĭnĕrit, Pac. Tr. 172; Acc. Tr. 39; inf. parf. tĕnisse, Pac. Tr. 226; fut. ant. tĕtĭnĕro, P. Fest. 252, 9 -- parf. tĕnīvi, Charis. 248, 2. - tr. - [st1]1 [-] tenir.    - tenere aliquid in manu (tenere aliquid manu), Cic. Cael. 63; Div. 1, 46: tenir qqch dans sa main.    - radicem ore tenere, Cic. Div. 2,141: tenir une racine dans sa gueule.    - manu tenere aliquid, Cic. Off 3, 68: **tenir de la main qqch** = toucher de la main, connaître de façon évidente, palpable.    - cf. Cic. Clu. 20.    - res manibus tenetur, Cic. Sest. 69: le succès est assuré. [st1]2 [-] tenir, diriger; atteindre.    - secundissimo vento cursum tenere, Cic. Nat. 3, 83: fournir, accomplir sa course avec un vent très favorable.    - cf. Caes. BG. 4, 26, 5 ; 5, 8, 2.    - quo tenetis iter? Virg. En. 1, 370: où dirigez-vous vos pas?    - montes petebant et pauci tenuere, Liv. 1, 37, 4: ils cherchaient à gagner les montagnes et bien peu les atteignirent.    - cf. Liv. 30, 25, 11; 36, 21 1; 37, 16, 4, etc.    - portum tenuit, Tac. Agr. 38: [la flotte] arriva dans le port.    - cf. Tac. H. 2, 9. [st1]3 [-] tenir dans son esprit, comprendre; savoir, posséder (une science...)    - reconditos alicujus sensus tenere, Cic. Sest. 22: comprendre les sentiments secrets de qqn.    - nunc teneo, nunc scio quid hoc sit negoti, Plaut. Cap. 697: maintenant je comprends, maintenant je sais de quoi il s'agit.    - et bene et male facere tenet, Plaut.: il sait également faire le bien et le mal.    - omnia illa, quae et saepe audistis et tenetis animis, Cic.: tous les faits dont on vous a souvent entretenus, et que vous vous rappelez.    - tenes quid dicam? Ter.: sais-tu ce que je dis?    - tu, quibus capiatur Caesar, tenes, Cic.: tu sais ce qui séduit César.    - quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus tenentur, Cic.: les augures de Cilicie savent ce qu'ignorent ceux de Rome. [st1]4 [-] venir à bout, réussir, obtenir (avec ut et ne, comme obtineo).    - tenere ut: obtenir que.    - tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur, Liv. 2, 42, 2: les sénateurs obtinrent que Fabius fût élu consul.    - tenere ne: obtenir que... ne... pas.    - plebs tenuit ne consules in proximum annum crearentur, Liv. 4, 30, 16: la plèbe obtint qu'on n'élût pas de consuls l'année suivante.    - cf. Liv. 24, 19, 7. [st1]5 [-] tenir, occuper, habiter; tenir en son pouvoir, posséder (le coeur, la pensée de qqn).    - summam imperii tenere, Caes. BG 3, 22: tenir le commandement suprême.    - tenere locum oratoris, Cic. Br. 137: tenir le rang d'orateur.    - totam rem publicam tenere, Cic. Mur. 83: tenir entre ses mains tout le salut de l'état.    - cornu tenere, Nep. Pel. 4, 3: commander une aile.    - multa hereditatibus tenebantur, Cic. Off. 2, 81: beaucoup de propriétés étaient occupées par héritage.    - cum rem publicam opes paucorum, non virtutes tenere coeperunt, Cic. Rep. 1, 51: quand la puissance d'un petit nombre et non pas ses vertus a commencé d'occuper la direction de l'état.    - tenere colles praesidiis, Caes. BC. 3, 43: occuper les collines par des postes.    - legio locum non tenuit atque in proximum collem se recepit, Caes. BC, 1, 44: la légion ne put garder sa position et se replia sur la colline toute proche.    - tenent Danai qua deficit ignis, Virg. En. 2, 505: les Grecs occupent tout ce qu'a dédaigné le feu.    - ego nec tumultum nec mori per vim metuam tenente Caesare terras, Hor. O. 3: je ne craindrai ni la guerre civile ni la mort violente tant que César possédera le monde.    - quam ab dispari tenebantur (tecta) ! Cic. Phil. 2, 104, combien différent était l'occupant (de cette demeure)!    - locum tenere, Cic. Clu. 128: garder son poste.    - dum me Galatea tenebat, Virg. B. 1, 31: tandis que Galatée possédait mon coeur.    - cf. Tib. 1, 6, 35; 2, 6, 52.    - magna me spes tenet, Cic. Tusc. 1, 97: un grand espoir occupe ma pensée.    - de triumpho nulla me cupiditas umquam tenuit, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 6: quant au triomphe, aucun désir ne s'est jamais emparé de moi.    - cf. Cic. Att. 1, 11, 3.    - alicujus rei desiderio teneri, Cic. CM 33: être pris du regret de qqch (de ne pas avoir qqch).    - cf. Cic. Ac. 1, 4. [st1]6 [-] garder, observer; garder (dans sa mémoire), se souvenir.    - consuetudinem, morem, ordinem, Cic. Phil. 1, 27; Off. 3, 44 ; Phil. 5, 35: garder une habitude, une coutume, observer un ordre établi.    - foedus tenere, Cic. Balb. 34: observer un traité.    - civium jura tenere, Cic. Cat. 1, 28, garder les droits du citoyen (ses droits de citoyen).    - suas leges tenere, Cic. Verr. pr. 13: garder ses lois.    - memoriā tenere, Cic. Cat. 3, 19: garder dans sa mémoire, se souvenir.    - avec prop. inf. cf. Cic. Cat. 3, 19; Tusc. 1, 107.    - s.-ent memoriā: dicta tenere, Hor. P. 336: retenir ce qui a été dit.    - cf. Hor. S. 2, 4, 8; Quint. 11, 2, 50. [st1]7 [-] tenir en soi, embrasser, contenir.    - haec magnos formula reges tenet, Hor. S. 2, 3, 46: cette définition s'applique aux plus grands rois.    - surtout au passif: teneri: être compris dans, être fondé sur.    - genus officiorum, quod tenetur hominum societate, Cic. Off. 1, 160: genre de devoirs qui tient à la société humaine.    - quae (causae) familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 1: motifs qui sont fondés sur une liaison intime et habituelle.    - homines deorum agnatione tenentur, Cic. Leg. 1: les hommes sont compris dans la famille des dieux. [st1]8 [-] maintenir, soutenir, conserver.    - admodum tenenda sunt sua cuique Cic. Off 1, 110: chacun doit maintenir fermement sa personnalité.    - castris se tenere, Caes. BG. 1, 40, 8: se tenir dans son camp.    - cf. Caes. BG. 3, 17; Liv. 2, 45, 2 ; 3, 26, 3.    - se tenere domi a conventu remotum, Nep. Dion 9, 1: rester chez soi en s'isolant de la foule.    - imperium populi Romani illius opera tenebatur, Cic. Mur. 58, la domination du peuple romain était maintenue grâce à lui.    - cf. Cic. Off. 2, 26; Nat. 2, 134.    - bestia hoc calore tenentur Cic. Nat. 2, 31: les bêtes subsistent grâce à cette chaleur. [st1]9 [-] tenir à, s'attacher à (en parl. d'une idée).    - hoc teneo, hic haereo, Cic. Verr. 5, 166: voilà où je m'en tiens, voilà où je m'attache.    - cf. Cic. Verr. 5, 165 ; Ac. 2, 71; Fin. 3, 44.    - hoc tenebo + prop. inf. Cic. Fin. 1, 35: je me tiendrai à cette idée que.    - cf. Cic. Par. 14.    - avec ut: teneamus, ut censeamus... Cic. Tusc. 1, 100: tenons-nous à croire que.    - demus hoc sana Bruto ut..., nos tamen teneamus ut... Cic. Tusc. 5, 34: faisons, je le veux bien, cette concession à Brutus que..., mais nous, maintenons fermement notre opinion que...    - avec ne: haec duo tenere in amicitia, primum ne quid sit... Cic. Lael. 65: maintenir solidement ces deux principes en amitié, d'abord qu'il n'y ait rien... [st1]10 [-] tenir, retenir, captiver.    - me omni tuo sermone tenuisti, Cic. Br. 232: tu m'as captivé par tout ce que tu as dit.    - aures tenere, Cic. Br. 193: captiver les oreilles.    - pompā, ludis teneri, Cic. Fin. 5, 48: être captivé par les cortèges, par les jeux.    - cum is qui audit ab oratore jam obsessus est ac tenetur, Cic. Or. 210: quand l'auditeur est déjà investi par l'orateur et à sa discrétion. [st1]11 [-] astreindre, lier.    - ut populum teneant (eae leges), Cic. Phil. 5, 10: pour que (ces lois) obligent le peuple.    - cf. Cic. Phil. 11, 11; Liv. 8, 12, 14.    - interdicto non teneri, Cic. Caec. 41: ne pas être astreint par l'ordonnance.    - promisso teneri, Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1: être lié par une promesse.    - cf. Cic. Q. 2, 3, 5; Liv. 24, 29, 11. [st1]12 [-] au passif: teneri, être pris = n'avoir point d'échappatoire, ne pouvoir nier.    - in aliqua re manifesto teneri, Cic. Verr. pr. 2; 2, 99; ou in manifesta re teneri, Cic. Verr. 2, 144, etc.: être pris manifestement dans tel ou tel délit = être convaincu de tel ou tel délit.    - avec gén. ejusdem cupiditatis teneri, Cic. Leg. 3, 31: être convaincu de la même passion.    - caedis teneri, Quint. 5, 14, 11: être convaincu d'un meurtre.    - cf. Tac. An. 11, 7.    - non solum argumentis, sed etiam certis testibus istius audacia tenebatur, Cic. Verr. 5, 101: son impudence était démontrée au moyen non seulement d'arguments, mais encore de témoins précis. [st1]13 [-] retenir, arrêter, retarder; retenir, empêcher.    - aliquem tenere, Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1: retenir qqn (l'empêcher de partir).    - cf. Fam. 16, 19.    - Corcyrae tenebamur, Cic. Fam. 16, 7: nous sommes retenus à Corcyre.    - senatus lectionem tenere, Liv. 27, 11, 9: retarder la liste des sénateurs.    - non tenebo te pluribus, Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3: je ne te tiendrai pas plus longtemps, je ne t'en dirai pas plus long.    - cf. Cic. Verr. 1, 34.    - vix a te videor posse tenere manus, Ov. Am. 1, 4, 10: c'est à peine, je crois, si je pourrai empêcher mes mains de te toucher!    - naves tenebantur, quominus... Caes. BG. 4, 22, 4: les navires étaient retenus et empêchés de...    - metu legum teneri, Cic. Verr. 4, 75: être retenu par la crainte des lois.    - risum, somnum vix tenere, Cic. Br. 293; 278: avoir peine à s'empêcher de rire, de dormir.    - iracundiam tenere, Cic. Par. 33: retenir son penchant à la colère.    - se tenere, Cic. Fin. 2, 21: se retenir.    - se non tenere, quia... Cic. Ac. 2, 12: ne pas se retenir de...    - cf. Cic. Att. 15, 14, 2 ; Phil. 13, 46.    - se tenere ab accusando, Cic. Q. 3, 2 2: se retenir d'accuser. - intr. - [st1]1 [-] tenir, occuper un lieu, se tenir.    - tenent Danai qua deficit ignis, Virg. En. 2, 505: les Grecs sont partout où n'est pas la flamme.    - cf. Liv. 3, 62, 7 ; 32, 5, 12. [st1]2 [-] tenir une route, une direction, se diriger, se porter à un endroit.    - Liv. 1, 1, 4 ; 21, 49, 2 ; 31, 45, 14. [st1]3 [-] subsister, se maintenir, durer.    - imber per noctem totam tenuit, Liv. 23, 44, 6: la pluie dura toute la nuit.    - cf. Liv. 2, 3, 5 ; 3, 47, 6 ; 24, 47, 15, etc.    - tenet fama + prop. inf. Liv. 1, 4, 6: on rapporte que... (mais fama tenuit, Liv. 23, 12, 2: la tradition a prévalu que...).
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    tĕnĕo, ēre, tĕnŭi, tentum    - parf. arch. tĕtĭni, Diom. 366, 23; 372, 18; subj. tĕtĭnĕrim, tĕtĭnĕrit, Pac. Tr. 172; Acc. Tr. 39; inf. parf. tĕnisse, Pac. Tr. 226; fut. ant. tĕtĭnĕro, P. Fest. 252, 9 -- parf. tĕnīvi, Charis. 248, 2. - tr. - [st1]1 [-] tenir.    - tenere aliquid in manu (tenere aliquid manu), Cic. Cael. 63; Div. 1, 46: tenir qqch dans sa main.    - radicem ore tenere, Cic. Div. 2,141: tenir une racine dans sa gueule.    - manu tenere aliquid, Cic. Off 3, 68: **tenir de la main qqch** = toucher de la main, connaître de façon évidente, palpable.    - cf. Cic. Clu. 20.    - res manibus tenetur, Cic. Sest. 69: le succès est assuré. [st1]2 [-] tenir, diriger; atteindre.    - secundissimo vento cursum tenere, Cic. Nat. 3, 83: fournir, accomplir sa course avec un vent très favorable.    - cf. Caes. BG. 4, 26, 5 ; 5, 8, 2.    - quo tenetis iter? Virg. En. 1, 370: où dirigez-vous vos pas?    - montes petebant et pauci tenuere, Liv. 1, 37, 4: ils cherchaient à gagner les montagnes et bien peu les atteignirent.    - cf. Liv. 30, 25, 11; 36, 21 1; 37, 16, 4, etc.    - portum tenuit, Tac. Agr. 38: [la flotte] arriva dans le port.    - cf. Tac. H. 2, 9. [st1]3 [-] tenir dans son esprit, comprendre; savoir, posséder (une science...)    - reconditos alicujus sensus tenere, Cic. Sest. 22: comprendre les sentiments secrets de qqn.    - nunc teneo, nunc scio quid hoc sit negoti, Plaut. Cap. 697: maintenant je comprends, maintenant je sais de quoi il s'agit.    - et bene et male facere tenet, Plaut.: il sait également faire le bien et le mal.    - omnia illa, quae et saepe audistis et tenetis animis, Cic.: tous les faits dont on vous a souvent entretenus, et que vous vous rappelez.    - tenes quid dicam? Ter.: sais-tu ce que je dis?    - tu, quibus capiatur Caesar, tenes, Cic.: tu sais ce qui séduit César.    - quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus tenentur, Cic.: les augures de Cilicie savent ce qu'ignorent ceux de Rome. [st1]4 [-] venir à bout, réussir, obtenir (avec ut et ne, comme obtineo).    - tenere ut: obtenir que.    - tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur, Liv. 2, 42, 2: les sénateurs obtinrent que Fabius fût élu consul.    - tenere ne: obtenir que... ne... pas.    - plebs tenuit ne consules in proximum annum crearentur, Liv. 4, 30, 16: la plèbe obtint qu'on n'élût pas de consuls l'année suivante.    - cf. Liv. 24, 19, 7. [st1]5 [-] tenir, occuper, habiter; tenir en son pouvoir, posséder (le coeur, la pensée de qqn).    - summam imperii tenere, Caes. BG 3, 22: tenir le commandement suprême.    - tenere locum oratoris, Cic. Br. 137: tenir le rang d'orateur.    - totam rem publicam tenere, Cic. Mur. 83: tenir entre ses mains tout le salut de l'état.    - cornu tenere, Nep. Pel. 4, 3: commander une aile.    - multa hereditatibus tenebantur, Cic. Off. 2, 81: beaucoup de propriétés étaient occupées par héritage.    - cum rem publicam opes paucorum, non virtutes tenere coeperunt, Cic. Rep. 1, 51: quand la puissance d'un petit nombre et non pas ses vertus a commencé d'occuper la direction de l'état.    - tenere colles praesidiis, Caes. BC. 3, 43: occuper les collines par des postes.    - legio locum non tenuit atque in proximum collem se recepit, Caes. BC, 1, 44: la légion ne put garder sa position et se replia sur la colline toute proche.    - tenent Danai qua deficit ignis, Virg. En. 2, 505: les Grecs occupent tout ce qu'a dédaigné le feu.    - ego nec tumultum nec mori per vim metuam tenente Caesare terras, Hor. O. 3: je ne craindrai ni la guerre civile ni la mort violente tant que César possédera le monde.    - quam ab dispari tenebantur (tecta) ! Cic. Phil. 2, 104, combien différent était l'occupant (de cette demeure)!    - locum tenere, Cic. Clu. 128: garder son poste.    - dum me Galatea tenebat, Virg. B. 1, 31: tandis que Galatée possédait mon coeur.    - cf. Tib. 1, 6, 35; 2, 6, 52.    - magna me spes tenet, Cic. Tusc. 1, 97: un grand espoir occupe ma pensée.    - de triumpho nulla me cupiditas umquam tenuit, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 6: quant au triomphe, aucun désir ne s'est jamais emparé de moi.    - cf. Cic. Att. 1, 11, 3.    - alicujus rei desiderio teneri, Cic. CM 33: être pris du regret de qqch (de ne pas avoir qqch).    - cf. Cic. Ac. 1, 4. [st1]6 [-] garder, observer; garder (dans sa mémoire), se souvenir.    - consuetudinem, morem, ordinem, Cic. Phil. 1, 27; Off. 3, 44 ; Phil. 5, 35: garder une habitude, une coutume, observer un ordre établi.    - foedus tenere, Cic. Balb. 34: observer un traité.    - civium jura tenere, Cic. Cat. 1, 28, garder les droits du citoyen (ses droits de citoyen).    - suas leges tenere, Cic. Verr. pr. 13: garder ses lois.    - memoriā tenere, Cic. Cat. 3, 19: garder dans sa mémoire, se souvenir.    - avec prop. inf. cf. Cic. Cat. 3, 19; Tusc. 1, 107.    - s.-ent memoriā: dicta tenere, Hor. P. 336: retenir ce qui a été dit.    - cf. Hor. S. 2, 4, 8; Quint. 11, 2, 50. [st1]7 [-] tenir en soi, embrasser, contenir.    - haec magnos formula reges tenet, Hor. S. 2, 3, 46: cette définition s'applique aux plus grands rois.    - surtout au passif: teneri: être compris dans, être fondé sur.    - genus officiorum, quod tenetur hominum societate, Cic. Off. 1, 160: genre de devoirs qui tient à la société humaine.    - quae (causae) familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 1: motifs qui sont fondés sur une liaison intime et habituelle.    - homines deorum agnatione tenentur, Cic. Leg. 1: les hommes sont compris dans la famille des dieux. [st1]8 [-] maintenir, soutenir, conserver.    - admodum tenenda sunt sua cuique Cic. Off 1, 110: chacun doit maintenir fermement sa personnalité.    - castris se tenere, Caes. BG. 1, 40, 8: se tenir dans son camp.    - cf. Caes. BG. 3, 17; Liv. 2, 45, 2 ; 3, 26, 3.    - se tenere domi a conventu remotum, Nep. Dion 9, 1: rester chez soi en s'isolant de la foule.    - imperium populi Romani illius opera tenebatur, Cic. Mur. 58, la domination du peuple romain était maintenue grâce à lui.    - cf. Cic. Off. 2, 26; Nat. 2, 134.    - bestia hoc calore tenentur Cic. Nat. 2, 31: les bêtes subsistent grâce à cette chaleur. [st1]9 [-] tenir à, s'attacher à (en parl. d'une idée).    - hoc teneo, hic haereo, Cic. Verr. 5, 166: voilà où je m'en tiens, voilà où je m'attache.    - cf. Cic. Verr. 5, 165 ; Ac. 2, 71; Fin. 3, 44.    - hoc tenebo + prop. inf. Cic. Fin. 1, 35: je me tiendrai à cette idée que.    - cf. Cic. Par. 14.    - avec ut: teneamus, ut censeamus... Cic. Tusc. 1, 100: tenons-nous à croire que.    - demus hoc sana Bruto ut..., nos tamen teneamus ut... Cic. Tusc. 5, 34: faisons, je le veux bien, cette concession à Brutus que..., mais nous, maintenons fermement notre opinion que...    - avec ne: haec duo tenere in amicitia, primum ne quid sit... Cic. Lael. 65: maintenir solidement ces deux principes en amitié, d'abord qu'il n'y ait rien... [st1]10 [-] tenir, retenir, captiver.    - me omni tuo sermone tenuisti, Cic. Br. 232: tu m'as captivé par tout ce que tu as dit.    - aures tenere, Cic. Br. 193: captiver les oreilles.    - pompā, ludis teneri, Cic. Fin. 5, 48: être captivé par les cortèges, par les jeux.    - cum is qui audit ab oratore jam obsessus est ac tenetur, Cic. Or. 210: quand l'auditeur est déjà investi par l'orateur et à sa discrétion. [st1]11 [-] astreindre, lier.    - ut populum teneant (eae leges), Cic. Phil. 5, 10: pour que (ces lois) obligent le peuple.    - cf. Cic. Phil. 11, 11; Liv. 8, 12, 14.    - interdicto non teneri, Cic. Caec. 41: ne pas être astreint par l'ordonnance.    - promisso teneri, Cic. Att. 12, 18, 1: être lié par une promesse.    - cf. Cic. Q. 2, 3, 5; Liv. 24, 29, 11. [st1]12 [-] au passif: teneri, être pris = n'avoir point d'échappatoire, ne pouvoir nier.    - in aliqua re manifesto teneri, Cic. Verr. pr. 2; 2, 99; ou in manifesta re teneri, Cic. Verr. 2, 144, etc.: être pris manifestement dans tel ou tel délit = être convaincu de tel ou tel délit.    - avec gén. ejusdem cupiditatis teneri, Cic. Leg. 3, 31: être convaincu de la même passion.    - caedis teneri, Quint. 5, 14, 11: être convaincu d'un meurtre.    - cf. Tac. An. 11, 7.    - non solum argumentis, sed etiam certis testibus istius audacia tenebatur, Cic. Verr. 5, 101: son impudence était démontrée au moyen non seulement d'arguments, mais encore de témoins précis. [st1]13 [-] retenir, arrêter, retarder; retenir, empêcher.    - aliquem tenere, Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1: retenir qqn (l'empêcher de partir).    - cf. Fam. 16, 19.    - Corcyrae tenebamur, Cic. Fam. 16, 7: nous sommes retenus à Corcyre.    - senatus lectionem tenere, Liv. 27, 11, 9: retarder la liste des sénateurs.    - non tenebo te pluribus, Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 3: je ne te tiendrai pas plus longtemps, je ne t'en dirai pas plus long.    - cf. Cic. Verr. 1, 34.    - vix a te videor posse tenere manus, Ov. Am. 1, 4, 10: c'est à peine, je crois, si je pourrai empêcher mes mains de te toucher!    - naves tenebantur, quominus... Caes. BG. 4, 22, 4: les navires étaient retenus et empêchés de...    - metu legum teneri, Cic. Verr. 4, 75: être retenu par la crainte des lois.    - risum, somnum vix tenere, Cic. Br. 293; 278: avoir peine à s'empêcher de rire, de dormir.    - iracundiam tenere, Cic. Par. 33: retenir son penchant à la colère.    - se tenere, Cic. Fin. 2, 21: se retenir.    - se non tenere, quia... Cic. Ac. 2, 12: ne pas se retenir de...    - cf. Cic. Att. 15, 14, 2 ; Phil. 13, 46.    - se tenere ab accusando, Cic. Q. 3, 2 2: se retenir d'accuser. - intr. - [st1]1 [-] tenir, occuper un lieu, se tenir.    - tenent Danai qua deficit ignis, Virg. En. 2, 505: les Grecs sont partout où n'est pas la flamme.    - cf. Liv. 3, 62, 7 ; 32, 5, 12. [st1]2 [-] tenir une route, une direction, se diriger, se porter à un endroit.    - Liv. 1, 1, 4 ; 21, 49, 2 ; 31, 45, 14. [st1]3 [-] subsister, se maintenir, durer.    - imber per noctem totam tenuit, Liv. 23, 44, 6: la pluie dura toute la nuit.    - cf. Liv. 2, 3, 5 ; 3, 47, 6 ; 24, 47, 15, etc.    - tenet fama + prop. inf. Liv. 1, 4, 6: on rapporte que... (mais fama tenuit, Liv. 23, 12, 2: la tradition a prévalu que...).
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        Teneo, tenes, tenui, tentum, tenere. Virgil. Tenir.
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        In sinu tenere aliquem. Ouid. Embrasser.
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        Tenet se trans Tiberim in hortis. Plin. iunior. Il se tient et demeure oultre le Tybre.
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        Multa haereditatibus, multa emptionibus, multa dotibus tenebantur. Cic. Estoyent tenuz et possedez.
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        Tulliam adhuc mecum teneo. Cic. Je retiens avec moy.
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        Nisi quid te tenuit. Ci. Si quelque chose ne t'a retenu ou retardé.
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        Ventus tenuit nos. Cic. Nous a detenu.
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        Hunc Phoenissa tenet Dido. Virgil. Retarge et arreste.
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        Ne diutius teneam, pecunia attributa numerata est. Cic. Pour le faire court, A fin que je ne vous tienne point plus long temps.
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        Tenere hominem dicitur res aliqua. Plin. iun. Retenir.
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        Teneo melius ista, quam meum nomen. Martialis. Il me souvient mieulx de ceci, que de, etc.
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        Teneatur modo illud, non inesse in his quicquam tale. Cic. Pourveu qu'on se tienne tousjours asseuré, et qu'on tienne pour certain que, etc.
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        Agnatione et gente deorum, siue cognatione teneri. Cic. Estre de leur parenté.
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        Eorum qui aliena tenebant, et eorum qui sua amiserant. Cic. Detenoyent.
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        Etsi amor me grauiter consuetudoque tenet. Terent. Me meut grandement.
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        Amore alicuius magno teneri. Virgil. Fort aimer.
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        Angustiis teneri. Cic. Estre detenu en un destroict.
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        Animos metu tenere, et acerbitate poenarum. Liu. Contenir et engarder de ne rien faire.
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        Animo tenere. Cic. Comprendre en son esprit.
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        In armis milites tenuit, si opus foret auxilio. Liu. Il les teint en armes tout prests.
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        Attentos tenere, vel attentos animos. Cic. Entretenir tousjours en volunté d'ouir.
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        Causam tenere. Sueton. Gaigner sa cause, Obtenir.
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        Complexu suo aliquid tenere. Cic. Embrasser.
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        Concionibus tenere populum. Cic. Entretenir et gouverner le peuple par frequentes harangues qu'on luy fait.
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        Consensum aliquorum tenere. Plin. iunior. Garder et entretenir.
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        Consilium alicuius tenere. Plaut. Se souvenir du conseil d'aucun, et faire selon iceluy.
    \
        Consuetudinem suam tenere. Cic. Entretenir sa coustume.
    \
        Tenuit consuetudo, vt praeceptoribus eloquentiae discipuli serius, quam ratio postulat, traderentur. Quintil. La coustume a obtenu, etc.
    \
        Conturbatum tenuit me haec res. Cice. Cela me troubla longuement.
    \
        Crimen alicuius tenere argumento aliquo. Cic. Le convaincre et verifier.
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        Cupiditas dimicandi cum Annibale tenet illum. Liu. Il ha grand faim de se combatre contre Annibal.
    \
        Cursum tenere. Cic. Entretenir le cours commencé, Continuer son cours ou sa course.
    \
        Cursum alicuius tenere. Ouid. Empescher et retarder la navigation d'aucun.
    \
        Cursum aliquem tenere, per translationem. Cic. Suyvre son naturel, Suyvre et continuer ce qu'on a entreprins.
    \
        Decorum tenere. Cic. Avoir bonne grace.
    \
        Decus tenere. Cic. Garder honnesteté.
    \
        Delectum rerum tenere. Cic. Garder et observer difference.
    \
        Teneri magno desiderio alicuius. Cic. Fort desirer.
    \
        Dignitatem tenere. Quod et retinere dicitur et obseruare. Cic. L'entretenir, Maintenir, Garder sa dignité en son entier.
    \
        Disciplinam tenere. Cic. Estre scavant, Scavoir une discipline et un art.
    \
        Dolorem tenere. Cic. Retenir sa douleur en soymesme, et ne la monstrer point par dehors, ne se courroucer point.
    \
        Dominatu alterius teneri. Cic. Estre soubz la puissance et seigneurie d'aucun.
    \
        Errore aliquo teneri. Ouid. Errer.
    \
        Tenet fama, quum fluitantem alueum, quo expositi erant pueri, tenuis in sicco aqua destituisset, etc. Liu. Le bruit dure encore, etc.
    \
        Famam et opinionem hominum tenere. Caesar. Garder et entretenir l'estimation qu'on ha de nous.
    \
        Fides eum non tenet, sed merces. Liu. Il ne luy chault pas tant de sa foy et promesse, que de son prouffit.
    \
        Flagitiis teneri. Tacit. Estre attainct ou convaincu de meschancetez.
    \
        Fletus tenere. Ouid. Se garder de plourer.
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        Foederibus alienis teneri. Liu. Estre tenu et obligé par les pactions et accords que fait un tiers.
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        Fugam alicuius tenere. Lucan. Empescher la fuite.
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        Fugam tenere per medios hostes. Virgil. S'enfuir, etc. Se sauver en fuyant, etc.
    \
        Gratiam alicuius tenere. Cic. Avoir credit envers luy, Estre en sa grace.
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        Grauitatem tenere. Cic. Tenir gravité.
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        Gubernacula Reipub. tenere. Cic. Avoir le gouvernement de la chose publique.
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        Haereditatem tenere. Cic. Jouir d'une succession.
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        Summam imperii tenere. Caesar. Avoir la souveraineté, ou souveraine puissance.
    \
        Imperio Romano teneri. Cic. Estre subject à l'empire Romain.
    \
        Insaniam tenere. Plaut. Estre insensé.
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        Institutum tenere. Cic. Suyvre, Entretenir et garder sa coustume et maniere de faire.
    \
        Hoc interdicto Ebutius non tenetur. Cic. N'est point comprins par cest interdict.
    \
        Iram vel iracundiam tenere. Cic. Contenir, ou retenir son ire, Se garder de courroucer.
    \
        Quo tenetis iter? Virgil. Où tendez vous? Où allez vous?
    \
        Iucunditatem perpetuam vitae tenere. Cic. Estre joyeulx tout le temps de sa vie.
    \
        Iudicia tenere. Cic. Avoir tousjours l'administration de la justice touchant les matieres criminelles.
    \
        Iureiurando teneri. Cic. Estre obligé envers aucun soubz serment presté, de laquelle obligation on n'est point encore acquicté.
    \
        Ius tenere. Plaut. Estre scavant en droict et en loix.
    \
        Ius suum tenere. Cic. Garder son droict.
    \
        Lachrymas tenere. Cicero. Retenir ses larmes, Se garder de plourer.
    \
        Legem aliquam tenere. Terent. Estre subject à la loy.
    \
        Leges eum non tenent. Cic. Il n'est point subject aux loix.
    \
        Si vllam partem libertatis tenebo. Cic. Si j'ay le moins du monde de liberté.
    \
        Locum tenere. Cic. Posseder.
    \
        Locum honestum seruitutis tenere. Cic. Tenir le lieu le plus honorable entre les autres serviteurs.
    \
        Tenuit cum hoc locum quendam. Cic. Il fut son compaignon, et eut quelque bruit et reputation en son temps.
    \
        Tenere locum. Cic. Ne bouger de sa place.
    \
        Tenere locum aliquem. Liu. Y demourer et habiter.
    \
        Teneri ludis, pompa, spectaculis. Cic. Prendre plaisir aux jeux.
    \
        Mare tenere. Cic. Estre maistre sur la mer.
    \
        Septimum iam diem Corcyrae tenebamur. Cicero. Estions detenuz et arrestez.
    \
        Mediocritatem tenere. Cic. Tenir moyen.
    \
        Medium tenere. Cic. Tenir moyen.
    \
        Memoria tenere rem aliquam. Cic. Avoir memoire de quelque chose, Garder la memoire.
    \
        Tenet vos memoria mei. Cic. Vous avez memoire et souvenance de moy.
    \
        Animis ac memoria tenetote. Cic. Souvienne vous en.
    \
        Metu teneri. Liu. Avoir grand paour.
    \
        Mora nulla tenuit vocatos. Ouid. A retenu.
    \
        Morbus tenet eum. Plaut. Il est detenu de maladie, Il est malade.
    \
        Morem tenere. Cic. Garder une coustume.
    \
        Nomen aeternum tenere. Virgil. Garder et retenir, ou avoir.
    \
        Nomen legum tenere. Cic. Retenir le nom de la loy.
    \
        Obsidione teneri. Virgil. Estre assiegé.
    \
        Obstrictum teneri foedere. Cic. Estre obligé par un traicté de paix.
    \
        Occasionem tenere. Cic. Avoir entre ses mains l'occasion qu'on demandoit.
    \
        Occupatum et impeditum tenere. Cic. Empescher et empestrer.
    \
        Tenere aliquem in oculis, auribus, complexu, etc. Cic. Le veoir, L'ouir parler, L'embrasser.
    \
        Odium vestri ordinis tenet eos. Cic. Ils ont en haine vostre ordre.
    \
        In officio tenere aliquos. Caesar. Entretenir en leur debvoir et en la subjection d'un roy, qu'ils ne rebellent point.
    \
        Omnia tenere. Cic. Avoir tout en sa puissance.
    \
        Oppidum septem cohortium praesidio tenebant. Caesar. Ils avoyent dedens la ville garnison de sept, etc. et la tenoyent en leur puissance.
    \
        Ora tenere. Cic. Se taire, Ne dire mot.
    \
        Ora tenere. Virgil. Tenir le visage en un estat sans le remuer.
    \
        Intelligebam sine te non esse nobis illas partes tenendas propter Antonium. Cic. Que je ne debvoye pas tenir ce chemin là, ou aller par ce costé là.
    \
        Percepta et comprehensa tenere. Cic. Entendre.
    \
        Quam personam teneant, non intelligunt. Cic. Ils ne scavent encore de quel mestier et profession ils sont.
    \
        Planta tenet. Columel. Tient et a prins racine.
    \
        Poena aliqua teneri. Cic. Avoir forfaict contre quelque loy imposant peine.
    \
        Portum tenere. Liu. Estre à port et arrivé.
    \
        Principatum tenere. Cic. Estre le principal.
    \
        Principatum sententiae tenere. Cic. Opiner le premier, Dire son opinion en premier lieu.
    \
        Promissum tenere. Cic. Tenir sa promesse.
    \
        Propositum tenere. Caes. Venir au dessus de ses atteintes, Parvenir à ses intentions, Faire ce qu'on avoit proposé de faire.
    \
        Prouinciam tenere. Cic. Avoir le gouvernement d'une province.
    \
        Rationem iuris aequabilem tenere. Cic. Garder un droict equitable à un chascun.
    \
        Religione teneri. Cic. N'oser faire quelque chose au moyen du serment ou autre empeschement concernant la conscience.
    \
        Rem oculis, non coniectura tenere. Cic. Scavoir quelque chose par l'avoir veue, Averer une chose par inspection.
    \
        Ab improbis et perditis ciuibus Resp. tenetur. Cicero. Les meschants sont maistres de la chose publique.
    \
        Risum tenere. Cic. Se garder de rire.
    \
        Rura tenere. Ouid. Estre és champs.
    \
        Se intra silentium tenere. Plin. iunior. Se taire.
    \
        Se in silentio tenere. Plin. iunior. Ne dire mot.
    \
        Se in equestri ordine tenere. Plin. iunior. S'y tenir et demourer sans monter plus hault.
    \
        Se improbis artibus tenere. Plaut. S'entretenir.
    \
        Sese castris tenere. Caesar. Ne bouger de son fort.
    \
        Se domo tenere. Cic. Ne bouger de la maison.
    \
        Se domesticis finibus tenere. Cic. Se contenter de, etc.
    \
        Se suis finibus tenere. Cic. Se tenir à ce qu'on ha, et se contenter.
    \
        Se loco tenere. Liu. Ne bouger de sa place.
    \
        Tenere se intra grauitatem. Plin. iunior. Se contenir en sa gravité, Garder sa gravité.
    \
        Hoc loco tenere se Triarius non potuit, Obsecro, inquit, etc. Cic. Ne se peult contenir et taire.
    \
        Teneo ab accusando vix me hercule. Cic. A grand peine me puis je tenir que je, etc.
    \
        Tenuit sententia altera. Plin. iunior. A esté receue, A obtenu.
    \
        Sententiam aliquam tenere. Cicero. Tenir quelque opinion.
    \
        Sermone suo tenere aliquem. Cic. Entretenir sans l'ennuyer.
    \
        Silentium inde aliquandiu tenuit. Liu. On se teut, Il y eut longue silence.
    \
        Silentium tenet populus. Liu. Il se taist, Il tient silence.
    \
        Sitis tenet hiantes. Lucret. Nous avons grand soif, ou desir.
    \
        Somnum tenere. Cic. Se garder de dormir.
    \
        Spem tenere. Plaut. Avoir esperance.
    \
        Magna me spes tenet, si ea quae, etc. Cic. J'ay grande esperance.
    \
        Studia agri colendi tenere. Cic. Maintenir tousjours et entretenir, Poursuyvre tousjours le train d'agriculture.
    \
        Teneri studio alicuius rei. Cic. Prendre plaisir à quelque chose.
    \
        Teneri iisdem studiis. Cic. Avoir aussi grande affection d'une chose, qu'à une autre.
    \
        Summum me eorum studium tenet, sicut odium iam caeterarum rerum. Cic. J'ay grand desir de les veoir.
    \
        Suum tenere. Cic. Garder le sien.
    \
        Temperamentum tenere. Plin. iun. Garder moyen.
    \
        Verecundia teneri. Liu. Estre honteux.
    \
        Vestigia alicuius tenere. Liuius. Le suyvre de pres, et ne perdre point sa trace.
    \
        Viam tenere. Cic. Suyvre la voye et l'exemple.
    \
        Perge tenere istiam viam. Cic. Tenir ce chemin.
    \
        Vocem tenere. Ouid. Se taire.
    \
        Voce tenere ruentem. Lucan. Retarder.
    \
        Voto et promisso teneri. Cic. Estre obligé et astreinct.
    \
        Vrbem aliquam tenere. Cic. La tenir et l'avoir de son parti.
    \
        Tene tibi. Plaut. Prens le pour toy.
    \
        Redi: quo fugis nunc? tene tene. Plaut. Tien tien, vien ca.
    \
        Teneri manifesto. Plaut. Estre surprins, Prins sur le faict, Estre convaincu si apertement, qu'on ne le puisse nier.
    \
        Tenere aliquem manifestum mendacii. Plaut. Surprendre en menterie evidente.
    \
        Teneri de vi. Seneca. Estre coulpable du crime de violence et effort.
    \
        Teneri. Cic. Estre convaincu.
    \
        Scripseram tenuisse Varenum, vt sibi euocare testes liceret. Plin. iun. Que Varenus avoit obtenu et impetré, etc.
    \
        Obducto late tenet omnia limo. Virgil. Couvre.
    \
        Capitolia celsa tenebat. Virgil. Defendoit.
    \
        Aliter leges, aliter philosophi tollunt astutias. Leges, quatenus manu tenere possunt: Philosophi, quatenus ratione et intelligentia. Cic. Selon qu'elles y peuvent mettre ordre, Selon que ceulx qui escrivent les loix peuvent penser et mettre les cas par escript.
    \
        Incendium per duas noctes, ac diem vnum tenuit. Liuius. Dura.
    \
        His causis quae familiaritate et consuetudine tenentur. Cic. Qui sont à cause de la familiarité.
    \
        Tribus rebus animantium vita tenetur, cibo, potione, spiritu. Cic. Est entretenue et conservee.
    \
        Posteaquam vnum, quo tenebamur, amisimus. Cic. Depuis qu'avons perdu ce qui nous maintenoit en estre.
    \
        Tenere. Plaut. Entendre et scavoir.
    \
        Tenes quid dicam? Terent. Entens tu ce que je di?

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  • 36 māteria and māteriēs

        māteria and māteriēs ae, acc. am and em, f    [mater], stuff, matter, material, timber, substance: earum (navium) materiā ad reliquas reficiendas uti, Cs.: rerum, ex quā et in quā sunt omnia: materiam superabat opus, O.: si nihil valet materies: consumpserat omnem Materiam, means of subsistence, O.—Fig., a subject, matter, subject-matter, topic, ground, theme: artis: bella ad iocandum: materies crescit mihi, the subject grows on me: aequa Viribus, suited to your powers, H.— A cause, occasion, source, opportunity: gloriae suae: seditionis: ratio cui et fortuna ipsa prae<*> buit materiam, L.: criminandi, L.: materiam invidiae dare: iocorum, Iu.— A resource, store: consumpserat omnem Materiam ficti, O.— Naturai abilities, capacity, disposition: fac, fuisse in isto Catonis materiem: ingentis publice privatimque decoris, L.: ad cupiditatem, L.: materiā digna perire tuā, unfeeling disposition, O.

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  • 37 lemma

    lemma, ătis, n., = lêmma, a subject for consideration or explanation, a theme, matter, subject, contents (not ante-Aug.; in Cic. only written as Greek).
    I.
    Lit.:

    lemma sibi sumpsit, quod ego interdum versibus ludo,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 3.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The title of an epigram, because it indicates the subject:

    lemmata si quaeris, cur sint ascripta, docebo: Ut si malueris lemmata sola legas,

    Mart. 14, 2, 1; Aus. Parent. praef.—
    B.
    The epigram itself:

    si mihi ex hoc ipso lemmate secundus versus occurrerit,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 3:

    consumpta est uno si lemmate pagina, transis,

    Mart. 10, 59, 1.—
    C.
    A story, tale:

    nutricis lemmata,

    nursery-tales, Aus. Ep. 16, 90.—
    D.
    The assumption or lemma of a syllogism:

    est vitium insidiosum et sub falsa lemmatis specie latens,

    Gell. 9, 16, 7; v. sumptio.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > lemma

  • 38 materia

    mātĕrĭa, ae ( gen. materiāi, Lucr. 1, 1051), and mātĕrĭes, ēi (only in nom. and acc. sing., and once gen. plur. materierum, Lact. 2, 12, 1; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 383), f. [from same root with mater, q. v.], stuff, matter, materials of which any thing is composed; so the wood of a tree, vine, etc., timber for building (opp. lignum, wood for fuel); nutritive matter or substance for food (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    materia rerum, ex qua et in qua sunt omnia,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 92; cf. id. Ac. 1, 6, 7:

    materiam superabat opus,

    Ov. M. 2, 5:

    materiae apparatio,

    Vitr. 2, 8, 7:

    rudis,

    i. e. chaos, Luc. 2, 8; cf.: omnis fere materia nondum formata rudis appellatur, Cinc. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 265 Müll.:

    (arbor) inter corticem et materiem,

    Col. 5, 11, 4:

    crispa,

    Plin. 16, 28, 51, § 119:

    materiae longitudo,

    Col. 4, 24, 3:

    vitis in materiam, frondemque effunditur,

    id. 4, 21, 2:

    si nihil valet materies,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

    in eam insulam materiam, calcem, caementa, atque arma convexit,

    id. Mil. 27, 74:

    caesa,

    Col. 11, 2, 11; cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 5, 39:

    cornus non potest videri materies propter exilitatem, sed lignum,

    Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 206:

    materiae, lignorum aggestus,

    Tac. A. 1, 35:

    videndum est ut materies suppetat scutariis,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 35:

    proba materies est, si probum adhibes fabrum,

    id. Poen. 4, 2, 93: imprimebatur sculptura materiae anuli, sive ex ferro sive ex auro foret, Macr. S. 7, 13, 11. — Plur.:

    deūm imagines mortalibus materiis in species hominum effingere,

    Tac. H. 5, 5.—Of food:

    imbecillissimam materiam esse omnem caulem oleris,

    Cels. 2, 18, 39 sqq.; cf. of the means of subsistence:

    consumere omnem materiam,

    Ov. M. 8, 876; matter, in gen.:

    materies aliqua mala erat,

    Aug. Conf. 7, 5, 2.—In abstract, matter, the material universe:

    Deus ex materia ortus est, aut materia ex Deo,

    Lact. 2, 8.—
    B.
    Esp., matter of suppuration, pus, Cels. 3, 27, 4.—
    II.
    Transf., a stock, race, breed:

    quod ex vetere materia nascitur, plerumque congeneratum parentis senium refert,

    Col. 7, 3, 15:

    generosa (equorum),

    id. 6, 27 init. —
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    The matter, subjectmatter, subject, topic, ground, theme of any exertion of the mental powers, as of an art or science, an oration, etc.: materiam artis eam dicimus in qua omnis ars et facultas, quae conficitur ex arte, versatur. Ut si medicinae materiam dicamus morbos ac vulnera, quod in his omnis medicina versetur;

    item quibus in rebus versatur ars et facultas oratoria, eas res materiam artis rhetoricae nominamus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 17:

    quasi materia, quam tractet, et in qua versetur, subjecta est veritas,

    id. Off. 1, 5, 16:

    est enim deformitatis et corporis vitiorum satis bella materies ad jocandum,

    id. de Or. 2, 59, 239; 1, 11, 49; id. Rosc. Com. 32, 89; id. Div. 2, 4, 12:

    sermonum,

    id. Q. Fr 1, 2, 1: materies crescit mihi, my matter (for writing about) increases, id. Att. 2, 12, 3: rei. id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

    aequa viribus,

    a subject suited to your powers, Hor. A. P. 38:

    infames,

    Gell. 17, 12, 1:

    extra materiam juris,

    the province, Gai. Inst. 2, 191.—
    B.
    A cause, occasion, source, opportunity (cf. mater, II.):

    quid enim odisset Clodium Milo segetem ac materiam suae gloriae?

    Cic. Mil. 13, 35 (for which shortly before:

    fons perennis gloriae suae): materies ingentis decoris,

    Liv. 1, 39, 3:

    non praebiturum se illi eo die materiam,

    id. 3, 46, 3:

    major orationis,

    id. 35, 12, 10:

    criminandi,

    id. 3, 31, 4:

    omnium malorum,

    Sall. C. 10:

    materiam invidiae dare,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 9, 21:

    materiam bonitati dare,

    id. de Or. 2, 84, 342:

    scelerum,

    Just. 3, 2, 12:

    seditionis,

    id. 11, 5, 3:

    laudis,

    Luc. 8, 16:

    benefaciendi,

    Plin. Pan. 38:

    ne quid materiae praeberet Neroni,

    occasion of jealousy, Suet. Galb. 9:

    epistolae, quae materiam sermonibus praebuere,

    Tac. H. 4, 4:

    praebere materiam causasque jocorum,

    Juv. 3, 147:

    materiamque sibi ducis indulgentia quaerit,

    id. 7, 21.—
    C.
    Natural abilities, talents, genius, disposition:

    fac, fuisse in isto C. Laelii, M. Catonis materiem atque indolem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 160:

    in animis humanis,

    id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

    materiam ingentis publice privatimade decoris omni indulgentia nostra nutriamus,

    Liv. 1, 39, 3:

    ad cupiditatem,

    id. 1, 46; Quint. 2, 4, 7.—Hence, one's nature, natural character:

    non sum materia digna perire tua,

    thy unfeeling disposition, Ov. H. 4, 86.—
    D.
    A subject, argument, course of thought, topic (post-Aug.):

    tertium diem esse, quod omni labore materiae ad scribendum destinatae non inveniret exordium,

    Quint. 10, 3, 14:

    argumentum plura significat... omnem ad scribendum destinatam materiam ita appellari,

    id. 5, 10, 9:

    video non futurum finem in ista materia ullum, nisi quem ipse mihi fecero,

    Sen. Ep. 87, 11:

    pulcritudinem materiae considerare,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 13, 2; 2, 5, 5:

    materiam ex titulo cognosces,

    id. ib. 5, 13, 3 al. (materies animi est, materia arboris;

    et materies qualitas ingenii, materia fabris apta,

    Front. II. p. 481 Mai.; but this distinction is not observed by class. writers).

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  • 39 obnoxius

    ob-noxĭus, a, um, adj.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Subject, liable to punishment, obnoxious to punishment, punishable: obnoxius poenae obligatus ob delictum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 191 Müll.:

    ego tibi me obnoxium esse fateor culpae compotem,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 61; Dig. 48, 15, 1:

    ego lege Aquiliā obnoxius sum,

    ib. 11, 3, 14.—
    B.
    Liable or addicted to a fault or failing, guilty of it (cf.: deditus, addictus); constr.
    1.
    With dat.:

    animus neque delicto neque lubidini obnoxius,

    not addicted to vice or to sensual pleasures, Sall. C. 52, 21:

    communi culpae,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 395:

    facto,

    Tib. 3, 4, 15.—
    2.
    With gen.:

    obnoxios criminum, digno supplicio subjectos, sepulturae tradi non vetamus,

    for, on account of, Cod. Just. 3, 44, 11.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen.
    A.
    Subject, submissive, obedient, complying:

    dum illos obnoxios fidosque sibi faceret,

    Sall. C. 14, 6:

    obnoxium atque subjectum esse alicui,

    Liv. 7, 30, 2; 6, 28, 7; 23, 12, 9; 37, 53, 4; 42, 46, 3; Flor. 4, 4, 2. —
    B.
    Obliged, under obligation, beholden, indebted, responsible, answerable:

    uxori obnoxius sum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 22:

    totam Graeciam beneficio libertatis obnoxiam Romanis esse,

    Liv. 35, 31:

    fratris radiis obnoxia Luna,

    Verg. G. 1, 396:

    facies nullis obnoxia gemmis,

    not indebted to any jewels, Prop. 1, 2, 21:

    tantum in eo obnoxius est, si quid ipse dolo fecerit,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 207.—
    C.
    Exposed to a person, humbled before one:

    ne obnoxius filio sim et servo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 80.—
    D.
    Submissive, abject, servile, slavish, mean-spirited, timid, cowardly, etc.:

    non quibus ego essem obnoxius,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 150:

    summissaeque manus, faciesque obnoxia mansit,

    Ov. M. 5, 235:

    si aut superbus, aut obnoxius videar,

    Liv. 23, 12:

    pax,

    servile, dishonorable, id. 9, 10.—
    2.
    Subject, liable, exposed, obnoxious to any thing; with dat., ad, or in and acc.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    infidis consiliis obnoxius,

    Tac. H. 3, 55:

    insidiis,

    id. A. 14, 40:

    infelici fecunditate fortunae,

    exposed, id. ib. 2, 75:

    aemulationi, odio, privatis affectionibus,

    id. ib. 3, 58:

    morbo,

    Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 221:

    contumeliis,

    Suet. Tib. 63:

    bello,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 73:

    plerique Crasso ex negotiis privatis obnoxii,

    Sall. C. 48, 5:

    urbs artis itineribus (sc. incendiis),

    Tac. A. 15, 38.—
    (β).
    With ad: terra solida ad tales casus obnoxia, exposed to such accidents (viz. earthquakes), Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 197.—
    (γ).
    With in and acc.:

    in omnia obnoxius,

    exposed to every thing, Flor. 3, 20, 1. —
    3.
    In gen., exposed or liable to injury, danger, or misfortune, weak, infirm, frail:

    in hoc obnoxio domicilio animus liber habitat,

    Sen. Ep. 65, 21:

    supplex et obnoxius,

    Cic. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

    corpora,

    sickly, weakly, Plin. 31, 6, 32, § 60:

    flos,

    which soon falls off, soon suffers injury, frail, delicate, id. 14, 2, 4, § 27.—
    b.
    Obnoxium est, it is hazardous, dangerous, Tac. Or. 10.— Comp.:

    obnoxior (al. noxior),

    Sen. Clem. 1, 13.—Hence, adv.: obnoxĭē (only in Plaut. and Liv.).
    A.
    Guiltily, culpably:

    nihil obnoxie perire,

    quite innocently, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 41.—
    B.
    Submissively, slavishly, timidly:

    sententias dicere,

    Liv. 3, 39, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > obnoxius

  • 40 quaestio

    quaestĭo, ōnis, f. [quaero], a seeking.
    I.
    In gen. (Plautin.):

    cave, fuas mi in quaestione,

    lest you suffer yourself to be to seek, lest I have to look after you, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 52:

    tibi ne in quaestione essemus,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 3; id. Ps. 2, 2, 68.—
    II.
    In partic., an inquiry, investigation, a questioning, question, subject of inquiry:

    quaestio est appetitio cognitionis, quaestionisque finis inventio,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 8, 26; 2, 36, 115:

    quae veri simillima (sententia sit), magna quaestio est,

    id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23; id. Fin. 2, 11, 34:

    rem in disceptationem quaestionemque vocare,

    to investigate, id. de Or. 3, 32, 129:

    res in quaestione versatur,

    is under investigation, id. Clu. 58, 159:

    de moribus ultima fiet quaestio,

    Juv. 3, 141:

    res in quaestionem venit,

    comes under investigation, Quint. 5, 14, 16:

    modo aliquam quaestionem poëticam ei proponeret,

    Nep. Att. 20, 2; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 19 fin.; Sen. Ben. 5, 8, 6; id. Ep. 48, 1; Suet. Tib. 56:

    quaestionem instituere,

    to institute an investigation, Quint. 7, 1, 6:

    quaestionem solvere,

    Sen. Ep. 48, 11; Quint. 5, 10, 26.—
    2.
    A public judicial investigation, examination by torture, a criminal inquiry, inquisition; the crime is usu. constr. with de:

    cum praetor quaestionem inter sicarios exercuisset,

    instituted a trial for assassination, Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    verberibus ac tormentis quaestionem habuit pecuniae publicae,

    id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    quaestionem mortis paternae de servis paternis habere,

    id. Rosc. Am. 28, 78:

    quaestionem fugitare,

    id. ib. 28, 78:

    servos in quaestionem polliceri,

    id. ib. 28, 77:

    quaestionem ferre in aliquem,

    to appoint, institute, make a motion for, id. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

    habere ex aliquo,

    Liv. 33, 28:

    facere alicui,

    against any one, Dig. 34, 3, 20:

    quaestionem de furto constituere,

    Cic. Clu. 64, 181:

    quaestionem instituere de morte alicujus,

    id. ib. 64, 181:

    quaestionem de morte viri habere,

    id. ib. 65, 182;

    63, 176: quaestionem habere de servis in caput filii,

    id. ib. 63, 176:

    ad quaestionem abripi,

    to examination by torture, id. ib. 33, 89:

    alicui servum in quaestionem ferre,

    id. ib. 64, 181:

    postulare servum in quaestionem,

    id. ib. 64, 181:

    quaestiones severius exercere,

    Liv. 9, 34:

    quaestioni praeesse,

    to conduct a trial as judge, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 11: quaestiones perpetuae, the inquisitions concerning certain crimes (repetundarum, majestatis, de falso, de sicariis, de injuriis, etc.), conducted annually, after 605 A. U. C., by a standing commission, and presided over by the prætor, Cic. Brut. 27, 106:

    judex quaestionis,

    the director of the criminal court under the presidency of the prætor, id. Clu. 54, 148; 33, 89; id. Brut. 76, 264:

    quaestiones extraordinariae,

    trials out of the common course, held under a special commission, Liv. 39, 14; so,

    quaestio nova,

    Cic. Mil. 5, 13:

    A QVAESTIONIBVS,

    an attendant in examinations, a torturer, inquisitor, Inscr. Grut. 545, 6; 560, 1. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    The court, the judges:

    dimittere eo tempore quaestionem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74:

    totam quaestionem a severitate ad clementiam transtulit,

    Val. Max. 8, 1, 6.—
    2.
    The subject of investigation, the matter, case, question:

    perdifficilis et perobscura quaestio est de naturā deorum,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 1:

    dividere totam de dis immortalibus quaestionem in partis quattuor,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

    quaestio proposita,

    Quint. 9, 2, 39.—
    b.
    In partic., in rhet.
    (α).
    The rhetorical subject of debate: quaestionum duo sunt genera: alterum infinitum, alterum definitum. Definitum est, quod hupothesin Graeci, nos causam: infinitum, quod thesin illi appellant, nos propositum possumus nominare, Cic. Top. 21, 79. —
    (β).
    The main point in a disputed matter, the issue in a cause: quaestio est quae ex conflictione causarum gignitur controversia, hoc modo: Non jure fecisti: jure feci. Causarum autem haec est conflictio, in quā constitutio constat;

    ex eā igitur nascitur controversia, quam quaestionem dicimus, hoc modo: jurene fecerit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 18; cf. id. ib. 1, 6, 8.—
    (γ).
    A question, a disputed point, quaestio est, it is doubtful, may be disputed:

    sapientia efficit sapientis sola per se: beatos efficiat necne sola per se quaestio est,

    Cic. Top. 15, 60; id. Tusc. 4, 13, 29; id. Inv. 2, 20, 60:

    quaestio est, an, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 3, 22; cf.:

    nulla quaestio est,

    Aug. Retract. 1, 19, 6; cf.

    also: in quaestione est,

    Plin. 11, 17, 18, § 57; 10, 22, 27, § 52:

    quaestionis est immensae,

    id. 7, 28, 29, § 101; 28, 2, 3, § 10.

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