tĕrentĭus

ex-cūso ( excuss-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [causa; cf. accuso, from ad-causa; qs. to release from a charge, to free from blame; hence], to excuse a person or thing.

Lit.

With a personal object, aliquem alicui:

Atticae meae velim me ita excuses, ut omnem culpam in te transferas,

Cic. Att. 15, 28; cf.:

aliquem alicui per litteras,

id. Fam. 11, 15, 1; and:

his omnibus me vehementer excusatum volo,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 40, § 103.—With quod:

Titium excusavit Vespa Terentius, quod eum brachium fregisse diceret,

id. de Or. 2, 62, 253:

Libo excusat Bibulum, quod is, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 16, 3:

primum me tibi excuso in eo ipso, in quo te accuso,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1:

se de aliqua re,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1:

de me excusando apud Apuleium, dederam ad te litteras,

Cic. Att. 12, 14, 1:

se alicui,

Plaut. As. 4, 2, 4; Quint. 4, 1, 75 et saep.—In pass.:

cura, ut excuser morbi causa in dies singulos,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2: si citatus judex non responderit excuseturque Areopagites esse, etc., excuses himself as being, etc., id. Phil. 5, 5, 14:

dixi, cur excusatus abirem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 7:

apud Appuleium in dies ut excuser videbis,

Cic. Att. 12, 15, 1:

me excusatum esse apud Appuleium a Laterense,

id. ib. 12, 17, 1.—

With inanim. or abstr. objects, to excuse, apologize for:

Varroni memineris excusare tarditatem litterarum mearum,

Cic. Att. 15, 26 fin.:

habitum permutatum,

Quint. 3, 7, 6:

palliolum, fascias, etc. (sola valetudo),

id. 11, 3, 144:

commentarios,

id. 10, 7, 31:

missos ignes,

Ov. M. 2, 397;

dolorem,

id. ib. 4, 256:

toros,

Stat. Th. 2, 256:

reditum Agrippinae ob imminentem partum et hiemem,

her not returning, Tac. A. 1, 44.

Transf.

Aliquid (alicui), i. q. se propter aliquid, to allege in excuse, to plead as an excuse, to excuse one's self with.

With acc.:

propinquitatem excusavit,

Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 1:

morbum,

id. ib. 9, 4, 8:

inopiam (with calamitatem queri),

Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 3:

valetudinem,

Liv. 6, 22 fin.:

imbecillitatem,

Suet. Tib. 6:

vires,

Ov. M. 14, 462:

diversa,

Tac. A. 3, 11 et saep.:

ille Philippo Excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla, Quod non mane domum venisset, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67:

dictatorem se apud patres excusare solitum,

Liv. 6, 39, 4:

aliquid apud aliquem,

Curt. 5, 10, 8; Suet. Tib. 68.— Pass.:

quae apud Vitellium excusanda erant,

Tac. H. 2, 85:

excusata necessitas praesentium,

id. ib. 1, 78:

excusata rei familiaris mediocritate,

Suet. Aug. 101:

excusatus languor faucium, propter quem non adesset,

id. Ner. 41 et saep.—

With an object-clause:

si prehensi sumus, excusemus, ebrios Nos fecisse, etc.,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 19 (but in id. Merc. 2, 3, 126, the correct reading is incusato, v. Ritschl ad h. l.): excusanti, minus datum ad occultandam facinoris invidiam, Suet. Ner. 33; id. Aug. 69.—

Aliquem ab aliqua re, aliqua re, or alicui rei, to excuse, absolve one from any thing; to discharge, dispense with one (postAug.):

a coepta (tutela) excusari,

Dig. 27, 1, 11:

collegarum filiorum tutela excusari,

ib. 9; cf. Ambros. in Psa. 1, § 46:

cui excusari mallet,

Tac. A. 1. 12; Vulg. Luc. 14, 19. But (class.):

se de aliqua re: legati venerunt, qui se de superioris temporis consilio excusarent, quod, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1.—

Se ab aliqua re, to shelter, protect one's self from any thing (post-class.):

ut invicom se a calore excusent (plantae),

Pall. Nov. 7, 2. —Hence,

Aliquid aliqua re, to compensate, atone for any thing (post-Aug. and rare):

nefas armis,

Claud. de Bell. Get. 562; Stat. Th. 6, 44; Plin. Pan. 32, 4.—Hence, excūsātus, a, um, P. a., excused (postAug. and rare):

hoc et ego excusatior, si forte sum lapsus, et tu dignior laude,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 11; 4, 5, 4:

excusatissimus essem, etiamsi, etc.,

Sen. Const. Sap. 29.— Adv.: excūsātē, without blame, excusably:

fieri id videtur excusate,

Quint. 2, 1, 13.— Comp.:

quod exoratus excusatius facies,

Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 3; Tac. A. 3, 68; Just. 32, 2.

ex-cūso ( excuss-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [causa; cf. accuso, from ad-causa; qs. to release from a charge, to free from blame; hence], to excuse a person or thing.

Lit.

With a personal object, aliquem alicui:

Atticae meae velim me ita excuses, ut omnem culpam in te transferas,

Cic. Att. 15, 28; cf.:

aliquem alicui per litteras,

id. Fam. 11, 15, 1; and:

his omnibus me vehementer excusatum volo,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 40, § 103.—With quod:

Titium excusavit Vespa Terentius, quod eum brachium fregisse diceret,

id. de Or. 2, 62, 253:

Libo excusat Bibulum, quod is, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 16, 3:

primum me tibi excuso in eo ipso, in quo te accuso,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1:

se de aliqua re,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1:

de me excusando apud Apuleium, dederam ad te litteras,

Cic. Att. 12, 14, 1:

se alicui,

Plaut. As. 4, 2, 4; Quint. 4, 1, 75 et saep.—In pass.:

cura, ut excuser morbi causa in dies singulos,

Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2: si citatus judex non responderit excuseturque Areopagites esse, etc., excuses himself as being, etc., id. Phil. 5, 5, 14:

dixi, cur excusatus abirem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 7:

apud Appuleium in dies ut excuser videbis,

Cic. Att. 12, 15, 1:

me excusatum esse apud Appuleium a Laterense,

id. ib. 12, 17, 1.—

With inanim. or abstr. objects, to excuse, apologize for:

Varroni memineris excusare tarditatem litterarum mearum,

Cic. Att. 15, 26 fin.:

habitum permutatum,

Quint. 3, 7, 6:

palliolum, fascias, etc. (sola valetudo),

id. 11, 3, 144:

commentarios,

id. 10, 7, 31:

missos ignes,

Ov. M. 2, 397;

dolorem,

id. ib. 4, 256:

toros,

Stat. Th. 2, 256:

reditum Agrippinae ob imminentem partum et hiemem,

her not returning, Tac. A. 1, 44.

Transf.

Aliquid (alicui), i. q. se propter aliquid, to allege in excuse, to plead as an excuse, to excuse one's self with.

With acc.:

propinquitatem excusavit,

Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 1:

morbum,

id. ib. 9, 4, 8:

inopiam (with calamitatem queri),

Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 3:

valetudinem,

Liv. 6, 22 fin.:

imbecillitatem,

Suet. Tib. 6:

vires,

Ov. M. 14, 462:

diversa,

Tac. A. 3, 11 et saep.:

ille Philippo Excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla, Quod non mane domum venisset, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67:

dictatorem se apud patres excusare solitum,

Liv. 6, 39, 4:

aliquid apud aliquem,

Curt. 5, 10, 8; Suet. Tib. 68.— Pass.:

quae apud Vitellium excusanda erant,

Tac. H. 2, 85:

excusata necessitas praesentium,

id. ib. 1, 78:

excusata rei familiaris mediocritate,

Suet. Aug. 101:

excusatus languor faucium, propter quem non adesset,

id. Ner. 41 et saep.—

With an object-clause:

si prehensi sumus, excusemus, ebrios Nos fecisse, etc.,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 19 (but in id. Merc. 2, 3, 126, the correct reading is incusato, v. Ritschl ad h. l.): excusanti, minus datum ad occultandam facinoris invidiam, Suet. Ner. 33; id. Aug. 69.—

Aliquem ab aliqua re, aliqua re, or alicui rei, to excuse, absolve one from any thing; to discharge, dispense with one (postAug.):

a coepta (tutela) excusari,

Dig. 27, 1, 11:

collegarum filiorum tutela excusari,

ib. 9; cf. Ambros. in Psa. 1, § 46:

cui excusari mallet,

Tac. A. 1. 12; Vulg. Luc. 14, 19. But (class.):

se de aliqua re: legati venerunt, qui se de superioris temporis consilio excusarent, quod, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1.—

Se ab aliqua re, to shelter, protect one's self from any thing (post-class.):

ut invicom se a calore excusent (plantae),

Pall. Nov. 7, 2. —Hence,

Aliquid aliqua re, to compensate, atone for any thing (post-Aug. and rare):

nefas armis,

Claud. de Bell. Get. 562; Stat. Th. 6, 44; Plin. Pan. 32, 4.—Hence, excūsātus, a, um, P. a., excused (postAug. and rare):

hoc et ego excusatior, si forte sum lapsus, et tu dignior laude,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 11; 4, 5, 4:

excusatissimus essem, etiamsi, etc.,

Sen. Const. Sap. 29.— Adv.: excūsātē, without blame, excusably:

fieri id videtur excusate,

Quint. 2, 1, 13.— Comp.:

quod exoratus excusatius facies,

Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 3; Tac. A. 3, 68; Just. 32, 2.

fartor, ōris, m. [id.].

A stuffer, fattener of fowls, poulterer:

pinguem quoque facere gallinam quamquam fartoris non rustici sit officium,

Col. 8, 7, 1; Inscr. Grut. 580, 15; Inscr. Rein. cl. 9, no. 12:

cuppedinarii omnes, cetarii, lanii, coqui, fartores, piscatores,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 26; cf.:

minimeque artes eae probandae quae ministrae sunt voluptatum, cetarii, lanii, coqui, fartores, piscatores, ut ait Terentius,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

cum scurris fartor,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 229 (v. Dillenb. ad loc.).—

A sausagemaker (only once in the doubtful passage):

de nostro saepe edunt, quod fartores faciunt,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 12 (dub.; Spengel, qui custodem oblectant).—

Transf.: fartores nomenclatores, qui clam velut infercirent nomina salutatorum in aurem candidati, Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 15 Müll.; cf.:

fartori nomenclatori,

Placid. p. 464.

măgister, tri (old orthog., ‡ magester, like ‡ leber, ‡ Menerva, for liber, Minerva, acc. to Quint. 1, 4, 17), m. [a double comparative in form, from magis, and comparative ending -ter; cf.: minister, sinister], a master, chief, head, superior, director, president, leader, commander, conductor, etc.:

quibus praecipua cura rerum incumbit, et qui magis quam ceteri diligentiam et sollicitudinem rebus, quibus praesunt, debent, hi magistri appellantur,

Dig. 50, 16, 57.

Lit.

In gen., the dictator in the earliest times was called magister populi, the chief of the people:

in Magistro populi faciendo, qui vulgo dictator appellatur... qui primus Magister a populo creatus est, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. optima lex, p. 198 Müll.: (sapiens) rectius appellabitur rex quam Tarquinius, qui nec se nec suos regere potuit: rectius magister populi (is enim dictator est) quam Sulla, qui trium pestiferorum vitiorum, luxuriae, avaritiae, crudelitatis magister fuit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75; cf.

also below the passage,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 82 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

dictator quidem ab eo appellatur, quia dicitur: sed in nostris libris (sc. auguralibus) vides eum magistrum populi appellari,

id. Rep. 1, 40, 63 Creuz.; cf.

, with reference to this passage,

Sen. Ep. 108, 31:

Larcum moderatorem et magistrum consulibus appositum,

Liv. 2, 18, 5.—Magister equitum, the chief of the cavalry, appointed by the dictator:

magister equitum, quod summa potestas hujus in equites et accensos, ut est summa populi dictator, a quo is quoque magister populi appellatus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 82 Müll.:

dictator magistrum equitum dicit L. Tarquitium,

Liv. 3, 27; 7, 21 fin.;

23, 11: fumosi equitum magistri,

in a family tree, Juv. 8, 8.—So, magister peditum (analogous to magister equitum), chief of the infantry, Amm. 21, 12, 16. —The censor is called magister morum, master of morals, Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 2:

magister sacrorum,

the chief priest, Liv. 39, 18 fin.; v. Drak. ad loc.; so,

PVBLICVS SACRORVM (or SACERDOTVM),

Inscr. Orell. 2351:

FRATRVM ARVALIVM,

ib. 2426:

SALIORVM,

ib. 2247; 2419:

LARVM AVGVSTI,

ib. 1661 et saep.:

curiae,

the overseer of a curia, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 29: vici, the overseer of a quarter or ward, Suet. Aug. 30:

chori canentium,

a head-chorister, leader of a choir, Col. 12, 2:

officiorum and operarum,

a superintendent, bailiff, id. 1, 18:

scripturae and in scripturā,

a director of a company of farmers-general, Cic. Att. 5, 15, 3; id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169; cf.: P. Terentius operas in portu et scripturā Asiae pro magistro dedit, i. e. has performed the functions of a magister, was vice-director, id. Att. 11, 10, 1:

quaesivi, qui per eos annos magistri illius societatis fuissent,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182:

P. Rupilius, qui est magister in ea societate,

id. Fam. 13, 9, 2:

maximarum societatum auctor, plurimarum magister,

id. Planc. 13, 32:

pecoris,

a chief herdsman, Varr. R. R. 2, 10; cf. Verg. G. 3, 445:

elephanti,

conductor, Sil. 4, 616:

auctionis,

the director, superintendent, conductor of an auction, Cic. Quint. 15, 50; cf.:

is quem putabant magistrum fore, si bona venirent,

id. Att. 1, 1, 3; 6, 1, 15; an officer charged with distributing money among the people, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 3.—Law t. t., an agent or assignee to dispose of a debtor's goods:

praetor jubet convenire creditores, et ex eo numero magistrum creari, id est eum per quem bona veneant,

Gai. Inst. 3, 79: convivii, the master or president of a feast, Varr. L. L. 5, § 122 Müll.; App. Mag. p. 336, 11: navis, the master or captain of a ship, Dig. 14, 1, 1; Gai. Inst. 4, 71;

so without navis,

Juv. 12, 79:

gubernatores et magistri navium,

Liv. 29, 25, 7; 45, 42, 3; the steersman, pilot:

ipse gubernaclo rector subit, ipse magister,

Verg. A. 5, 176; 1, 115; 6, 353; Val. Fl. 1, 18; 1, 382; Luc. 2, 696; Sil. 4, 719:

samnitium,

i. e. of the gladiators, a fencing-master, Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 86:

magistri tabernae,

innkeepers, Paul. Sent. 2, 8, 3.—In inscrr. are found also: fani, horreorum, collegii, memoriae, munerum, Augustalis, admissionum, epistolarum, libellorum, etc.; likewise: a bibliothecā, ab marmoribus, etc.—

In partic.

A teacher, instructor, Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8:

pueri apud magistros exercentur,

id. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

artium lberalium magistri,

id. Inv. 1, 25, 35; cf.:

virtutis magistri,

id. Mur. 31, 65; id. N. D. 1, 26, 72:

rarum ac memorabile magni Gutturis exemplum conducendusque magister,

Juv. 2, 114.— Transf., of inanim. things:

magister mihi exercitor animus nunc est,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 4; id. Curc. 2, 2, 8:

stilus optimus dicendi effector ac magister,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; Pers. prol. 10:

timor, non diuturnus magister officii,

Cic. Phil. 2, 36, 90.—

An educator of children, a tutor, pedagogue:

senes me filiis relinquunt quasi magistrum,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 21:

docendis publice juvenibus magister,

Gell. 19, 9, 2. —

A master, owner, keeper:

trepidumque magistrum In cavea magno fremitu leo tollet alumnus,

Juv. 14, 246.—

A master of his art, professor:

a tonsore magistro Pecteris,

Juv. 6, 26.—

Trop., an adviser, instigator, author of any thing (very rare):

si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem improbum,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 21:

magister ad despoliandum Dianae templum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 54.—As adj.:

rituque magistro Plurima Niliacis tradant mendacia biblis,

Sedul. 1, 15.

marcus, i, m. [cf. Sanscr. mar, mrid, to break, crush], a large hammer, Isid. Orig. 19, 7, 2, v. 1. marculus.

Marcus, i, m., a Roman prænomen, in gen. represented by M. simply, e. g. M. Terentius Varro, M. Tullius Cicero;

written in full, MAARCVS,

Inscr. Rein. 1006;

MARCVS,

Inscr. Fabr. p. 324, 450; p. 342, 528 et saep. Afterwards also a surname, e. g. C. PONTIVS C. L. MARCVS, Inscr. Grut. 986, 5.—Hence, Marcĭānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Marcus, Marcian: sodales, the priests who performed the sacred rites instituted in honor of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, Capitol. Pertinax, 15; cf. Spart. Sever. 7; Inscr. Grut. 379.

marcus, i, m. [cf. Sanscr. mar, mrid, to break, crush], a large hammer, Isid. Orig. 19, 7, 2, v. 1. marculus.

Marcus, i, m., a Roman prænomen, in gen. represented by M. simply, e. g. M. Terentius Varro, M. Tullius Cicero;

written in full, MAARCVS,

Inscr. Rein. 1006;

MARCVS,

Inscr. Fabr. p. 324, 450; p. 342, 528 et saep. Afterwards also a surname, e. g. C. PONTIVS C. L. MARCVS, Inscr. Grut. 986, 5.—Hence, Marcĭānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Marcus, Marcian: sodales, the priests who performed the sacred rites instituted in honor of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, Capitol. Pertinax, 15; cf. Spart. Sever. 7; Inscr. Grut. 379.

massa, ae, f., = maza, that which adheres together like dough, a lump, mass ( poet. and post-Aug.):

massa picis,

Verg. G. 1, 275:

salis,

Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 78:

lactis coacti,

cheese, Ov. M. 8, 666:

lactis alligati,

Mart. 8, 64, 9.—Of metals:

versantque tenaci forcipe massam,

Verg. A. 8, 453:

aeris,

Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

chalybis,

Ov. F. 4, 405:

ardens,

Juv. 10, 130.—Of money:

tum argenti montis, non massas habet: Aetna non aeque altast,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 73.— Absol., of a mass of gold:

contactu gleba potenti Massa fit,

Ov. M. 11, 112: marmoris, a block of marble:

marmor, non in columnis crustisve, sed in massa,

Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 49.—Of chaos, Ov. M. 1, 70.—Of a heavy weight, Juv. 6, 421.—Of an indeterminate quantity of land, Inscr. Orell. 4360.

Massa, ae, m., a Roman surname.

L. Terentius Massa, Liv. 31, 50; 40, 35. —

Baebius Massa, a notorious informer and sycophant, Plin. Ep. 3, 4; 7, 33; Juv. 1, 35.—

The name of a slave, Petr. 69.

massa, ae, f., = maza, that which adheres together like dough, a lump, mass ( poet. and post-Aug.):

massa picis,

Verg. G. 1, 275:

salis,

Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 78:

lactis coacti,

cheese, Ov. M. 8, 666:

lactis alligati,

Mart. 8, 64, 9.—Of metals:

versantque tenaci forcipe massam,

Verg. A. 8, 453:

aeris,

Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97:

chalybis,

Ov. F. 4, 405:

ardens,

Juv. 10, 130.—Of money:

tum argenti montis, non massas habet: Aetna non aeque altast,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 73.— Absol., of a mass of gold:

contactu gleba potenti Massa fit,

Ov. M. 11, 112: marmoris, a block of marble:

marmor, non in columnis crustisve, sed in massa,

Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 49.—Of chaos, Ov. M. 1, 70.—Of a heavy weight, Juv. 6, 421.—Of an indeterminate quantity of land, Inscr. Orell. 4360.

Massa, ae, m., a Roman surname.

L. Terentius Massa, Liv. 31, 50; 40, 35. —

Baebius Massa, a notorious informer and sycophant, Plin. Ep. 3, 4; 7, 33; Juv. 1, 35.—

The name of a slave, Petr. 69.

ŏpĕra, ae, f. [opus], service, pains, exertion, work, labor (opus is used mostly of the mechanical activity of work, as that of animals, slaves, and soldiers; opera supposes a free will and desire to serve).

Lit.

In gen.:

omnes, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

sine hominum manu atque operā,

id. ib. 2, 4, 14:

operam exigere,

id. ib. 1, 13:

perdere,

id. de Or. 1, 28, 126:

praebere amicis,

id. Brut. 47, 174:

in re ponere,

id. Clu. 57, 157:

curamque in rebus honestis ponere,

id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

et laborem consumere in aliquā re,

to bestow labor and pains on any thing, id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:

studiumque in res obscuras conferre,

id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

tribuere rei publicae,

id. Div. 2, 2, 7;

sumere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 31, § 69:

impendere,

id. ib. 2, 2, 30, §

68: polliceri,

Sall. C. 28, 1; 40, 6:

insumere,

Liv. 10, 18:

dicare alicui,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 12: interponere, to bestow, employ, Cic. Div. in. Caecil. 19, 63: ipse dabat purpuram tantum, amici operas, gave their work thereto, i. e. wrought it, id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59:

pleraque sunt hominum operis effecta,

id. Off. 2, 3, 12:

ibo, atque illam adducam, Quam propter opera est mihi,

on whose behalf I am engaged, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 93:

operam navare,

Cic. Fam. 15, 12, 2; Liv. 25, 6, 15.—

In partic., a service, rendering of service: Cn. Pupius, qui est in operis ejus societatis, in the service of the society or company, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 3:

operae forenses,

id. Fin. 1, 4, 10:

P. Terentius, qui operas in portu et scripturā pro magistro dat,

serves as director, id. ib. 13, 65, 11:

ferrum istud bonas edet operas,

will do good service, Sen. Prov. 2, 10:

musis operas reddere,

to do service to, to serve, Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 2:

dare operas alicui,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 11.—

Transf.

Care, attention, exertion bestowed on any thing:

deditā operā,

seriously, with a purpose, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 29.—So esp. freq.,

Operam dare, to bestow care or pains on, to give attention to any thing.—Constr. with dat., with ut or ne ( = studere).

With dat.: dant operam simul auspicio augurioque, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 81 Vahl.):

dare operam funeri,

to attend, Cic. Att. 15, 1, 1:

bellis, Sive foro,

Ov. R. Am. 165:

amori,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 58: liberis ( to the begetting of children), Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3: memoriae alicujus, to attend to what brings a person to mind, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 1:

tonsori,

to get shaved, Suet. Aug. 79:

alicui,

to attend to one, listen to him, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 52:

sermoni,

Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 4:

amico,

to serve, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 17: me huic dedisse operam malam, that I have done him an ill turn, id. Capt. 3, 5, 43.—For dat. the acc. with ad occurs:

benigne operam detis ad nostrum gregem,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 21.—

With ut and subj.:

da operam, ut valeas,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, A, 5:

omnem operam do, ut cognoscam,

Sen. Contr. 4, 24, 15; id. Vit. Beat. 3, 2.—

With ne:

dent operam consules, ne quid respublica detrimenti capiat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5:

ego omnem operam dabo, ne pervenire ad me erubescat,

Sen. Polyb. 13, 3:

studiose te operam dare, ut ne quid meorum tibi esset ignotum,

Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1.—

With subj. alone: dabo operam, quoad exercitus huc summittatis, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 6.—

With inf.:

id scire,

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 38.—

In abl.: operā meā, tuā, etc., through my ( thy, etc.) means, agency, fault:

fateor Abiisse eum abs te, meā operā atque astutiā,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 21:

quid mihi nisi malum vostra opera'st?

id. Ps. 1, 2, 50:

non meā operā, neque pol culpā evenit,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 31:

meā operā, Q. Fabi, Tarentum recepisti,

Cic. Sen. 4, 11.—

Unā or eādem operā, in the same manner, at the same time (ante-class.):

unā operā mihi sunt sodales, quā iste,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 31:

eādem operā a praetore sumam syngrapham,

id. ib. 2, 3, 89.—

Operā, by experience (ante-class.):

nam te omnes saevom commemorant... ego contra operā expertus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 7:

id operā expertus sum esse ita,

id. Bacch. 3, 2, 3:

magis non factum possum velle quam operā experiar persequi,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 65.—

Operae pretium, v. pretium, II. B.—

Leisure, spare time for any thing (class., but in the phrase operae est, only ante-class. and Livian):

operae ubi mihi erit, ad te venero,

as soon as I can spare the time, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 30:

si operae illi esset,

if he had time, Liv. 5, 15; 4, 8; 44, 36:

dicam, si tibi videam esse operam, aut otium,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 15:

operae non est,

id. ib. 5, 2, 77:

quos tu operam gravare mihi,

id. Rud. 2, 4, 21: de versibus, quos tibi a me scribi vis, deest mihi quidem opera, I have not time or leisure, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 4.—

In concr.

A day's work or labor (usu. in plur.):

quaternis operis singula jugera confodere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 18:

puerilis una opera,

Col. 11, 2, 44:

bubulcorum operae quatuor,

id. 2, 13:

operae (filiorum) locari possunt,

Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1.—

A day-laborer, journeyman; also, in gen., a laborer, workman (usu. in plur.):

ipse dominus dives operis et laboris expers,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 16:

plures operas conducere,

Col. 3, 21: nona, a ninth laborer (on his farm), Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; Suet. Oct. 3.—Hence, transf., in a bad sense: operae, hired aiders, abettors, tools, etc. (of political or theatrical parties):

mercenariae (corresp. to multitudo conducta),

Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 22; cf.:

erat mihi contentio cum operis conductis et ad diripiendam urbem concitatis,

id. Sest. 17, 38:

Claudianae,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; cf. id. Att. 4, 3, 3:

theatrales,

parties for the purpose of applauding, theatrical factions, Tac. A. 1, 16:

VETERES A SCENA,

Inscr. Grut. 467, 7.—

That which is wrought or produced, a work:

operae aranearum,

i. e. spiders' webs, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 19:

exstabit opera peregrinationis hujus,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 6.

prō (archaic collat. form, posi in posimerium; cf. pono, from posino; cf. Gr. poti and pot with pros), adv. and prep. [root in Sanscr. prep. pra-, before, as in prathamas, first; Gr. pro; cf.: proteros, prôtos, etc.; Lat.: prae, prior, priscus, etc.; perh. old abl. form, of which prae is the loc. ], before, in front of; and, transf., for, with the idea of protection, substitution, or proportion.

Adv., found only in the transf. comp. signif. (v. infra, II. B. 3.) in connection with quam and ut: pro quam and pro ut (the latter usually written in one word, prout), like prae quam and prae ut.

Pro quam, in proportion as, just as:

nec satis est, pro quam largos exaestuat aestus,

Lucr. 2, 1137. —

Pro ut or prout, according as, in proportion, accordingly, proportionably as, just as, as (class.):

compararat argenti bene facti, prout Thermitani hominis facultates ferebant, satis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:

tuas litteras, prout res postulat, exspecto,

id. Att. 11, 6 fin.:

id, prout cujusque ingenium erat, interpretabantur,

Liv. 38, 50:

prout locus iniquus aequusve his aut illis, prout animus pugnantium est, prout numerus, varia pugnae fortuna est,

id. 38, 40 fin. —With a corresp. ita:

ejusque rationem ita haberi, prout haberi lege liceret,

Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:

prout sedes ipsa est, ita varia genera morborum sunt,

Cels. 4, 4, 5:

prout nives satiaverint, ita Nilum increscere,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51.—

Prep. with abl. (late Lat. with acc.:

PRO SALVTEM SVAM,

Inscr. Grut. 4, 12; 46, 9; Inscr. Orell. 2360), before, in front of.

Lit., of place:

sedens pro aede Castoris,

Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27:

praesidia, quae pro templis cernitis,

id. Mil. 1, 2:

ii qui pro portis castrorum in statione erant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

pro castris copias habere,

id. ib. 7, 66:

pro castris dimicare,

id. ib. 5, 16:

pro oppido,

id. ib. 7, 71:

pro opere consistere,

Sall. J. 92, 9:

castra pro moenibus locata,

Liv. 2, 53; 4, 17:

pro muro,

id. 30, 10:

pro castris explicare aciem,

id. 6, 23:

pro vallo,

Plin. 2, 37, 37, § 101; Vell. 2, 19, 1.—With verbs of motion:

Caesar pro castris suas copias produxit,

before the camp, Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

hasce tabulas hic ibidem pro pedibus tuis obicito,

before your feet, App. Mag. p. 337, 36; id. M. 4, p. 155, 2.—

In partic., with the accessory idea of presence on the front part, on the edge or brink of a place, on or in the front of, often to be translated by a simple on or in:

pro censu classis iuniorum, Serv. Tullius cum dixit, accipi debet in censu, ut ait M. Varro, sicuti pro aede Castoris, pro tribunali, pro testimonio,

Fest. p. 246 Müll.; cf.: pro significat in, ut pro rostris, pro aede, pro tribunali, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll.; and:

pro sententia ac si dicatur in sententiā, ut pro rostris id est in rostris,

id. p. 226 Müll.: hac re pro suggestu pronunciata, qs. standing on the front part of the tribune, or, as we would say, on the tribune, Caes. B. G. 6, 3: pro tribunali cum aliquid ageretur, was transacted before or at my tribunal, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 21; so,

pro tribunali,

id. Pis. 5, 11; id. Sest. 15, 34: pro contione, before the assembled army; and, in gen., before the assembly:

laudatus pro contione Jugurtha,

Sall. J. 8, 2; cf. Curt. 9, 1, 1:

pro contione laudibus legati militumque tollere animos,

Liv. 7, 7:

fortes viros pro contione donantis,

Curt. 10, 5, 10:

pro contione litteras recitare,

id. 4, 10, 16; Liv. 38, 23 fin.:

pro contione palam utrumque temptavit,

Suet. Vesp. 7; Tac. A. 3, 9; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 3: [p. 1448] 4, 5, 11; cf.:

pro comitio,

Suet. Aug. 43:

uti pro consilio imperatum erat,

in the council, Sall. J. 29, 6; cf.:

supplicatio in triduum pro collegio decemvirūm imperata fuit,

Liv. 38, 36:

pontifices pro collegio decrevisse,

Gell. 11, 3, 2:

pro collegio pronuntiare,

Liv. 4, 26, 9:

suas simultates pro magistratu exercere,

id. 39, 5:

pro munimentis castelli manipulos explicat,

before, on the fortifications, Tac. A. 2, 80; 12, 33: stabat pro litore diversa acies, in front of or upon the shore, id. ib. 14, 30:

legionem pro ripā componere,

id. ib. 12, 29:

velamenta et infulas pro muris ostentant,

in front of, from the walls, Tac. H. 3, 31; so,

pro muris,

id. A. 2, 81:

ad hoc mulieres puerique pro tectis aedificiorum saxa et alia, quae locus praebebat, certatim mittere,

standing on the edge of the roofs, from the roofs, Sall. J. 67, 1 Kritz.—

Transf.

To signify a standing before or in front of, for defence or protection; hence an acting for, in behalf of, in favor of, for the benefit of, on the side of (opp. contra, adversum):

veri inveniendi causā contra omnia dici oportere et pro omnibus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 60; cf.:

hoc non modo non pro me, sed contra me est potius,

id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:

partim nihil contra Habitum valere, partim etiam pro hoc esse,

id. Clu. 32, 88:

difficillimum videtur quod dixi, pro ipsis esse quibus eveniunt ista, quae horremus ac tremimus,

Sen. Prov. 3, 2:

haec cum contra legem proque lege dicta essent,

Liv. 34, 8: pro Romano populo armis certare, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 6 (Ann. v. 215 Vahl.); cf.: pro vostrā vitā morti occumbant, id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 62 (Trag. v. 176 Vahl.): quae ego pro re publica fecissem, Cato ap. Front. p. 149:

nihil ab eo praetermissum est, quod aut pro re publicā conquerendum fuit, aut pro eā disputandum,

Cic. Sest. 2, 3:

omnia me semper pro amicorum periculis, nihil umquam pro me ipso deprecatum,

id. de Or. 2, 49, 201:

convenit dimicare pro legibus, pro libertate, pro patriā,

id. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

dulce et decorum est pro patriā mori,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 3, 19, 2:

pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,

id. ib. 4, 1, 14:

spondere levi pro paupere,

id. A. P. 423:

urbes, quae viris aut loco pro hostibus et advorsum se opportunissumae erant,

Sall. J. 88, 4:

nec aliud adversus validissimas gentes pro nobis utilius, quam, etc.,

Tac. Agr. 12:

et locus pro vobis et nox erit, Liv 9, 24, 8: et loca sua et genus pugnae pro hoste fuere,

id. 39, 30, 3:

pro Corbulone aetas, patrius mos... erant: contra, etc.,

Tac. A. 3, 31; id. H. 4, 78; Curt. 4, 14, 16.—

With the notion of replacement or substitution, in the place of, instead of, for.

In gen.: numquam ego argentum pro vino congiario... disdidi, Cato ap. Front. p. 149:

ego ibo pro te, si tibi non libet,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 10:

ego pro te molam,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 29; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13:

mutata (ea dico), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud... ut cum minutum dicimus animum pro parvo, etc.,

id. Or. 27, 92 sq.; cf.:

libenter etiam copulando verba jungebant, ut sodes pro si audes, sis pro si vis... ain' pro aisne, nequire pro non quire, malle pro magis velle, nolle pro non velle. Dein etiam saepe et exin pro deinde et exinde dicimus,

id. ib. 45, 154:

pro vitulā statuis dulcem Aulide natam, Hor S. 2, 3, 199: pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

id. ib. 1, 3, 61; cf. Suet. Caes. 70:

pro ope ferendā sociis pergit ipse ire, etc.,

Liv. 23, 28, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.; Zumpt, Gram. § 667; cf.:

pro eo, ut ipsi ex alieno agro raperent, suas terras, etc.,

Liv. 22, 1, 2.—

Esp. freq. in connection with the title of any officer, to denote his substitute' pro consule, pro praetore, pro quaestore, pro magistro, etc. (afterwards joined into one word, as proconsul, propraetor, proquaestor, promagister, etc.), proconsul, proprœtor, proquœstor, vice-director:

cum pro consule in Ciliciam proficiscens Athenas venissem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 82; cf.:

cum L. Philippus pro consulibus eum se mittere dixit, non pro consule,

instead of the consuls, not as proconsul, id. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

nec pro praetore, Caesarem (vocat),

id. ib. 13, 10, 22; Liv. 35, 1. cum Alexandriae pro quaestore essem, Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11' cf.:

litteris Q. Caepionis Bruti pro consule... Q. Hortensii pro consule opera, etc.,

id. Phil. 10, 11, 26: P. Terentius operas in portu et scripturā Asiae pro magistro dedit, id. Att. 11, 10, 1; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169; id. Fam. 13, 65, 1; see also the words proconsul, promagister, propraetor, proquaestor, etc.—

So of price, penalty, etc., in exchange, in return for:

tres minas pro istis duobus dedi,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 138; id. Aul. 3, 3, 8:

pro hujus peccatis ego supplicium sufferam,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 17:

dimidium ejus quod pactus esset, pro carmine daturum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 351:

pro vitā hominis nisi hominis vita reddatur, non posse deorum inmortalium numen placari,

Caes. B. G. 6, 16:

id pro immolatis in foro Tarquiniensium Romanis poenae hostibus redditum,

Liv. 7, 19, 3:

vos, pro paternis sceleribus, poenas date,

Sen. Med. 925; Lact. 2, 7, 21:

pro crimine poenas,

Ov. Ib. 621.—

Pro is also frequently used to denote the viewing, judging, considering, representing of a thing as something, for, the same as, just as, as:

pro sano loqueris, quom me appellas nomine,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 24:

sese ducit pro adulescentulo,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 65; id. Cist. 1, 3, 24:

hunc Eduxi a parvulo, habui, amavi pro meo,

as my own, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 23:

Cato ille noster qui mihi unus est pro centum milibus,

whose voice I regard as equal to that of thousands, Cic. Att. 2, 5, 1:

Siciliam nobis non pro penariā cellā, sed pro aerario fuisse,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5:

P. Sestio pro occiso relictus est,

id. Sest. 38, 81; Caes. B. G. 3, 109:

cum pro damnato mortuoque esset,

as good as condemned and dead, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

summa ratio, quae sapientibus pro necessitate est,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3:

negotia pro solatiis accipiens,

Tac. A. 4, 13:

consuli pro hostibus esse,

Liv. 43, 5, 4:

adeo incredibilis visa res, ut non pro vano modo, sed vix pro sano nuncius audiretur,

as a boaster, Liv. 39, 49: quoniam de adventu Caesaris pro certo habebamus, to consider as certain, Mat. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 15, 6 et saep.; v. certus.—

Esp. in certain phrases: pro eo, for the same thing, as just the same:

ut si a Caesare, quod speramus, impetrarimus, tuo beneficio nos id consecutos esse judicemus: sin minus, pro eo tantum id habeamus, cum a te data sit opera, ut impetraremus,

Cic. Fam. 13, 7, 5.—With the particles of comparison: atque ( ac), ac si, quasi, just the same as, even as, as though: pro eo ac debui, just as was my duty, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1:

pro eo ac si concessum sit,

Cic. Inv. 1, 32, 54:

pro eo est atque si adhibitus non esset,

Dig. 28, 1, 22:

pro eo erit quasi ne legatum quidem sit,

ib. 30, 1, 38: pro eo quod, for the reason that, because:

pro eo quod ejus nomen erat magnā apud omnes gloriā,

Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 75: pro eo quod pluribus verbis vos quam volui fatigavi, veniam a vobis petitam velim, Liv 38, 49 fin. —

On account of, for the sake of:

dolor pro patriā,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24:

tumultus pro recuperandā re publicā,

id. Brut. 90, 311 dub. (B. and K. omit pro):

dedit pro corpore nummos, i. e. to rescue his person,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 43:

aliquem amare pro ejus eximiā suavitate,

Cic. de Or 1, 55, 234:

pro quibus meritis quanto opere dilectus sit,

Suet. Aug. 57:

cum pro incolumitate principis vota susceperunt,

Tac. A. 4, 17:

pro bono (= bene),

Sall. J. 22, 4.—

Pro is used in its most general sense in stating the relation between two objects or actions, in proportion, in comparison with, according to or as, conformably to, by virtue of, for, etc.:

meus pater nunc pro hujus verbis recte et sapienter facit,

according to his story, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133:

tu pro oratione nec vir nec mulier mihi's,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 71: pro viribus tacere ac fabulari, according to one's ability, Enn. ap. Non. 475, 4 (Trag. v. 181 Vahl.):

facere certum'st pro copiā ac sapientiā,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 8:

agere pro viribus,

Cic. Sen. 9, 27:

aliquem pro dignitate laudare,

id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

proelium atrocius quam pro numero pugnantium fuit,

Liv. 21, 29: pro imperio, by virtue of his office or authority:

quia pro imperio palam interfici non poterat,

Liv. 1, 51, 2; hence, imperatively, dictatorially, summarily:

nec illum ipsum submovere pro imperio posse more majorum,

id. 2, 56, 12 ' hem! satis pro imperio, quisquis es, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 18:

pro tuā prudentiā,

Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2; 11, 12, 2:

cum in eam rationem pro suo quisque sensu ac dolore loqueretur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69:

quibus aliquid opis fortasse ego pro meā, tu pro tuā, pro suā quisque parte ferre potuisset,

id. Fam. 15, 15, 3: pro virili parte, according to one's ability, id. Sest. 66, 138; Liv. praef. 2; Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 23. —Esp. freq.: pro ratā parte and pro ratā, in proportion, proportionably; v. ratus:

pro se quisque,

each according to his ability, each one for himself, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Caes. B. G. 2, 25; Verg. A. 12, 552 et saep.:

pro tempore et pro re,

according to time and circumstances, Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

pro facultatibus,

Nep. Epam. 3, 5.—Pro eo, quantum, or ut, in proportion to, as, according to, according as:

eāque pro eo, quantum in quoque sit ponderis, esse aestimanda,

Cic. Fin. 4, 21, 58:

equidem pro eo, quanti te facio, quicquid feceris, approbabo,

id. Fam. 3, 3, 2: tamen pro eo ut temporis difficultas tulit, etc., L. Metell. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 126.

pro-): prōdeo, prŏfiteor; and even in words borrowed from the Greek, as prōlogus.—Its signification has reference either to place, before, forwards; or to protection, for; procedo, procurro, profanus; procuro, propugno, prosum, protego.

prō (less correctly prōh), interj., an exclamation of wonder or lamentation, O! Ah! Alas! (class.).

With nom.:

proh! bonae frugi hominem te jam pridem esse arbitror,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 4: pro Juppiter! Enn. ap. Varr L. L. 7, § 12 Müll. (Trag. v 225 Vahl.); Ter. And. 4, 3, 17; id. Eun. 3, 5, 2; id. Ad. 1, 2, 31; cf.:

pro supreme Juppiter,

id. ib. 2, 1, 42:

pro Juppiter, Hominis stultitiam!

id. ib. 3, 3, 12:

pro di immortales,

id. ib. 3, 4, 1; cf.: pro, dii immortales: Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:

pro curia inversique mores!

Hor. C. 3, 5, 7:

pro scelus,

Mart. 2, 46, 8.—

Parenthet.:

pro, quanta potentia regni Est, Venus alma, tui,

Ov. M. 13, 758:

et mea, pro! nullo pondere verba cadunt,

id. H. 3, 98:

tantum, pro! degeneramus a patribus,

Liv. 22, 14, 6; Curt. 4, 16, 10.—

With acc.: pro divom fidem! Enn. ap. Don. ad. Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (Sat. v. 30 Vahl.); Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 28; cf.:

pro deum atque hominum fidem!

id. And. 1, 5, 2; 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9; Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48;

instead of which, ellipt.: pro deum immortalium!

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 4:

pro deum atque hominum,

id. Hec. 2, 1, 1:

pro fidem deum! facinus foedum,

id. Eun. 5, 4, 21.—

With gen.: pro malae tractationis! Tert. Poen. fin.

rustĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [rusticus].

Lit., to live in the country, to rusticate.

In gen. (class.):

socerum suum Laelium semper fere cum Scipione solitum rusticari,

Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 22: sin rusticatur, id [p. 1608] Att. 12, 1, 1:

dies ad rusticandum dati,

id. Leg. 1, 3, 9.—Of abstract subjects:

(haec studia) pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur,

Cic. Arch. 7, 16.—

In partic., econom. t. t., to practise husbandry, to till the ground, be a farmer, Col. 11, 1, 5 sq.; 12, 3, 8.—

Transf., to talk in a rustic manner, talk like a peasant:

Varrones, Terentius,

Sid. Ep. 4, 3.