that does

in-frĕquens, tis, adj., that does not often or frequently take place, unfrequent.

Lit., of persons, that is not often at a place, that seldom does a thing, seldom, rare:

sum et Romae et in praedio infrequens,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 4:

parcus deorum cultor et infrequens,

unfrequent, Hor. C. 1, 34, 1: exercitus, thinned by furloughs, Liv. 43, 11, 10: miles, that does not appear regularly at his standard, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf. Gell. 16, 4, 5. —

Hence: pro infrequente eum mittat militia domum (meretrix), of a lover,

who makes few presents, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 19. —

Transf., that does not often happen, that is seldom used, rare, unusual:

cum Appius senatum infrequentem coëgisset,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12:

eae copiae ipsae hoc infrequentiores imponuntur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 2:

interdictum,

Dig. 43, 31, 1:

usus,

Gell. 9, 12, 19:

vocabulum,

id. 2, 22, 2:

infrequentissima urbis,

the parts least inhabited, Liv. 31, 23, 4:

causa,

which is attended by few hearers, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320.—

Usually with abl. or gen., not filled with, not well provided with, not acquainted with any thing:

altera pars (urbis) infrequens aedificiis,

Liv. 37, 32:

signa infrequentia armatis,

to which but few soldiers belong, id. 10, 20.—Also absol.:

infrequentia signa,

Liv. 7, 8:

rei militaris te reddidisti infrequentem,

inexperienced, Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37; with little knowledge of, unskilled in:

vocum Latinarum,

Gell. 13, 24, 4.— Hence, adv.: infrĕquenter, rarely (late Lat.), Ambros. Ep. 35.

in-frĕquens, tis, adj., that does not often or frequently take place, unfrequent.

Lit., of persons, that is not often at a place, that seldom does a thing, seldom, rare:

sum et Romae et in praedio infrequens,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 4:

parcus deorum cultor et infrequens,

unfrequent, Hor. C. 1, 34, 1: exercitus, thinned by furloughs, Liv. 43, 11, 10: miles, that does not appear regularly at his standard, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf. Gell. 16, 4, 5. —

Hence: pro infrequente eum mittat militia domum (meretrix), of a lover,

who makes few presents, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 19. —

Transf., that does not often happen, that is seldom used, rare, unusual:

cum Appius senatum infrequentem coëgisset,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12:

eae copiae ipsae hoc infrequentiores imponuntur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 2:

interdictum,

Dig. 43, 31, 1:

usus,

Gell. 9, 12, 19:

vocabulum,

id. 2, 22, 2:

infrequentissima urbis,

the parts least inhabited, Liv. 31, 23, 4:

causa,

which is attended by few hearers, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 320.—

Usually with abl. or gen., not filled with, not well provided with, not acquainted with any thing:

altera pars (urbis) infrequens aedificiis,

Liv. 37, 32:

signa infrequentia armatis,

to which but few soldiers belong, id. 10, 20.—Also absol.:

infrequentia signa,

Liv. 7, 8:

rei militaris te reddidisti infrequentem,

inexperienced, Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37; with little knowledge of, unskilled in:

vocum Latinarum,

Gell. 13, 24, 4.— Hence, adv.: infrĕquenter, rarely (late Lat.), Ambros. Ep. 35.

mūtus, a, um, adj. [root mu-, to shut; Sanscr. mūkas, dumb; Gr. mutis, muaô; cf. Lat. mussare], dumb, mute (class.; cf.: infans, elinguis).

Lit., that does not speak, silent.—Of creatures who do not possess the faculty of speech, and can utter only inarticulate sounds:

pecudes,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 24:

bestiae,

id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:

agna,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 219:

armenta,

Stat. Th. 5, 334:

animalia,

Juv. 8, 56:

satius est mutum esse quam quod nemo intellegat dicere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

subjugale, animal,

Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 16:

vere dici potest, magistratum legem esse loquentem, legem autem mutum magistratum,

Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 2: papae! Jugularas hominem: quid ille? Thr. Mutus illico, he was struck speechless, was silent, could not say a word more, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 27:

ad mandata mancus est, caecus, mutus,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 45: mutum dices, you shall call me dumb, i. e. I will not say a word, id. Heaut. 4, 4, 26:

omnis pro nobis gratia muta fuit,

has not spoken a word, Ov. P. 2, 7, 52:

mutus aspectus miserorum lacrimas movet,

Quint. 6, 1, 26:

numquam vox est de te mea muta,

i. e. I have never ceased to praise thee, Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 17:

dolore lyra est,

id. H. 15, 198:

spiritus,

which makes one mute, Vulg. Marc. 9, 16; 9, 24.—Of that which utters no sound, dumb, mute, silent:

tintinnabulum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 163:

imago,

Cic. Cat. 3, 5:

mare,

the silent sea, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 69:

consonantes,

which cannot be pronounced alone, mutes, Quint. 1, 4, 6: artes, the plastic arts, arts of design, opp. to eloquence, Cic. de Or. 3, 7; also, artes, the silent arts, i. e. which do not concern themselves with language, as medicine, Verg. A. 12, 397:

scientia,

i. e. which does not impart the power of speaking, Quint. 5, 10, 119:

instrumentum fundi,

i. e. wagons, carts, Varr. R. R. 1, 17:

magistri,

i. e. books, Gell. 14, 2, 1:

lapides,

that say nothing, have no inscriptions on them, Hyg. de Lim. p. 156 Goes.: muta exta dicuntur, quibus nihil divinationis aut deorum responsi inesse animadvertunt, contra adjutoria, quae certum aliquid eventurum indicant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 157 Müll.:

simulacra muta,

dumb idols, Vulg. 1 Cor. 12, 2.—

Transf., of places where no sound is heard, silent, still:

mutum forum, elinguem curiam, tacitam et fractam civitatem videbatis,

Cic. post Red. 1, 3:

solitudo,

id. Mil. 19:

spelunca,

Stat. Ach. 1, 239.—Of times:

nullum fuit tempus, quod magis debuerit mutum esse a litteris,

in which nothing should have been written, Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1:

silentia noctis,

the deep silence of night, Ov. M. 7, 184.—Of things of which nothing is said:

mutum aevum,

not celebrated, unsung, Sil. 3, 579.—As subst.

mūtus, i, m., a dumb person, a mute (ante- and postclass): Char. Quin taces? Eut. Muto imperas, Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 26: sicut mutus, Vulg. [p. 1182] Psa. 38, 13:

aperta erit lingua mutorum,

id. Isa. 35, 6; Lact. 4, 15, 8:

mutum neque stipulari neque promittere posse palam est,

Gai. Inst. 3, 105.—

mūtum, i, n. (sc. animal), a dumb creature, brute:

separat hoc nos A grege mutorum,

Juv. 15, 143.

mūtus, a, um, adj. [root mu-, to shut; Sanscr. mūkas, dumb; Gr. mutis, muaô; cf. Lat. mussare], dumb, mute (class.; cf.: infans, elinguis).

Lit., that does not speak, silent.—Of creatures who do not possess the faculty of speech, and can utter only inarticulate sounds:

pecudes,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 24:

bestiae,

id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:

agna,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 219:

armenta,

Stat. Th. 5, 334:

animalia,

Juv. 8, 56:

satius est mutum esse quam quod nemo intellegat dicere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22:

subjugale, animal,

Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 16:

vere dici potest, magistratum legem esse loquentem, legem autem mutum magistratum,

Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 2: papae! Jugularas hominem: quid ille? Thr. Mutus illico, he was struck speechless, was silent, could not say a word more, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 27:

ad mandata mancus est, caecus, mutus,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 45: mutum dices, you shall call me dumb, i. e. I will not say a word, id. Heaut. 4, 4, 26:

omnis pro nobis gratia muta fuit,

has not spoken a word, Ov. P. 2, 7, 52:

mutus aspectus miserorum lacrimas movet,

Quint. 6, 1, 26:

numquam vox est de te mea muta,

i. e. I have never ceased to praise thee, Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 17:

dolore lyra est,

id. H. 15, 198:

spiritus,

which makes one mute, Vulg. Marc. 9, 16; 9, 24.—Of that which utters no sound, dumb, mute, silent:

tintinnabulum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 163:

imago,

Cic. Cat. 3, 5:

mare,

the silent sea, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 69:

consonantes,

which cannot be pronounced alone, mutes, Quint. 1, 4, 6: artes, the plastic arts, arts of design, opp. to eloquence, Cic. de Or. 3, 7; also, artes, the silent arts, i. e. which do not concern themselves with language, as medicine, Verg. A. 12, 397:

scientia,

i. e. which does not impart the power of speaking, Quint. 5, 10, 119:

instrumentum fundi,

i. e. wagons, carts, Varr. R. R. 1, 17:

magistri,

i. e. books, Gell. 14, 2, 1:

lapides,

that say nothing, have no inscriptions on them, Hyg. de Lim. p. 156 Goes.: muta exta dicuntur, quibus nihil divinationis aut deorum responsi inesse animadvertunt, contra adjutoria, quae certum aliquid eventurum indicant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 157 Müll.:

simulacra muta,

dumb idols, Vulg. 1 Cor. 12, 2.—

Transf., of places where no sound is heard, silent, still:

mutum forum, elinguem curiam, tacitam et fractam civitatem videbatis,

Cic. post Red. 1, 3:

solitudo,

id. Mil. 19:

spelunca,

Stat. Ach. 1, 239.—Of times:

nullum fuit tempus, quod magis debuerit mutum esse a litteris,

in which nothing should have been written, Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1:

silentia noctis,

the deep silence of night, Ov. M. 7, 184.—Of things of which nothing is said:

mutum aevum,

not celebrated, unsung, Sil. 3, 579.—As subst.

mūtus, i, m., a dumb person, a mute (ante- and postclass): Char. Quin taces? Eut. Muto imperas, Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 26: sicut mutus, Vulg. [p. 1182] Psa. 38, 13:

aperta erit lingua mutorum,

id. Isa. 35, 6; Lact. 4, 15, 8:

mutum neque stipulari neque promittere posse palam est,

Gai. Inst. 3, 105.—

mūtum, i, n. (sc. animal), a dumb creature, brute:

separat hoc nos A grege mutorum,

Juv. 15, 143.

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in-cōnīvens (also inconnīvens), entis, adj. [2. in-conniveo], that does not close the eyes (late Lat.).

Lit.:

stare solitus Socrates dicitur,

Gell. 2, 1, 2.—

Trop., of the eye, that does not close, unclosing:

justitiae oculus,

Amm. 29, 2, 20. [p. 927]

in-cōnīvens (also inconnīvens), entis, adj. [2. in-conniveo], that does not close the eyes (late Lat.).

Lit.:

stare solitus Socrates dicitur,

Gell. 2, 1, 2.—

Trop., of the eye, that does not close, unclosing:

justitiae oculus,

Amm. 29, 2, 20. [p. 927]

in-stăbĭlis, e, adj., that does not stand fast, unsteady, unstable, tottering, not firm (mostly poet.; syn. varius, mutabilis, vagus; not in Cic.).

Lit.:

sic erat instabilis tellus,

Ov. M. 1, 16:

locus ad gradum instabilis,

Tac. A. 1, 64:

(with lubricus) gradus,

Curt. 8, 11, 13:

ingressus,

Liv. 24, 34, 15:

vestigium,

Plin. Pan. 22, 4:

volutatio,

Plin. 31, 6, 33, § 63:

cymbae,

Verg. G. 4, 195:

naves,

Curt. 4, 2, 9.— Transf., unsteady, i. e. that does not keep its ground:

(with fluctuans) acies,

Liv. 9, 35, 6:

hostis,

id. 27, 18, 14.—

Trop., unstable, inconstant, changeable, fickle: insanam aiunt (Fortunam), quia atrox, incerta instabilisque sit, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36: res maritimae celerem atque instabilem mo tum habent, Caes. B. G. 4, 23:

nihil tam instabile ac fluxum est, quam fama,

Tac. A. 13, 19:

fortuna,

id. H. 4, 47:

conjugium,

Juv. 9, 79:

animus,

Verg. G. 4, 105 (but read insatiabiles, Curt. 7, 8, 19). — Adv.: instă-bĭlĭter, unsteadily, Aug. Conf. 13, 20.

rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. paragog. rogarier, Cic. Caecin. 33, 95:

rogassint, for rogaverint,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 9), v. a. [etym. dub.; perh. for progo; kindr. with Sanscr. prac, to ask, whence also precor and procus, but referred by Corss. to the same root with Sanscr. rgus, straight; Gr. oregô; Lat. rego, rex, rogus, Krit. Beit. p. 93], to ask, question, interrogate one about a thing.

Lit.

In gen. (so generally throughout ante-class. Lat.; less. freq. in Cic.; syn.: percontor, sciscitor, quaero), constr. aliquem aliquid, or simply aliquem, aliquid, with de, a rel.-clause, or absol. (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 393). ( a) Aliquem aliquid (class. only with acc. of neutr. pron. or adj., or with sententiam; v. infra, B. 1.):

aliud te rogo,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 70:

haud istuc te rogo,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 49:

quin tu id me rogas,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 24:

hoc te rogo, quos locos adisti?

id. Trin. 4, 2, 85; cf.:

rogare hoc unum te volo,

id. Merc. 3, 1, 17:

dic mihi hoc, quod te rogo,

id. Men. 5, 5, 16; id. Most. 3, 1, 130; id. Ps. 1, 3, 106; 1, 5, 64 et saep.; Ter. And. 4, 4, 12 sq.:

ego patriam te rogo, quae sit tua,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 83; cf.:

hanc (colubram) alia cum rogaret causam facinoris, Respondit, etc.,

Phaedr. 4, 17, 5. —

Aliquem or aliquid:

quos rogo,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 6:

quem ego igitur rogem?

Ter. And. 4, 4, 10:

ecquem hominem tu novisti? te rogo,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 15; men' or me rogas? also, rogas me? in colloq. lang., do you ask that of me? how can you ask? what do you mean by asking that? Eu. Quid ego facerem? Ch. Quid tu faceres? men' rogas? requireres, Rogitares, etc., id. Merc. 3, 4, 48; Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 11; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 5; 4, 5, 32; id. Ad. 1, 2, 2; 4, 5, 31 al.; cf.:

quid me istud rogas? inquam: Stoicos roga,

Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83:

hoc quod rogo responde,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 32; id. Curc. 2, 1, 30; 5, 3, 30; id. Ps. 4, 2, 12 al.; Ter. And. 4, 4, 23; Suet. Caes. 82.—

With de:

jam de istoc rogare omitte,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 90; so,

de istac virgine,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53:

de te ipso,

Cic. Vatin. 4, 10.—

With interrog.-clause:

rogant me servi, quo eam?

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 83: roga ipsum, quemadmodum ego eum Arimini acceperim, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 383, 8:

quodsi me populus Romanus forte roget, cur Non, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 70:

quae sit, rogo,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 97:

rogo, num quid velit,

id. Eun. 2, 3, 50:

rogavi pervenissetne Agrigentum?

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27:

unde venis? et Quo tendis? rogat et respondet,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 63:

quid verum atque decens curo et rogo,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 11. —

Absol.:

prius respondes quam rogo,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 119:

roganti respondebo,

id. ib. 3, 1, 17:

non edepol nunc, ubi terrarum, sim, scio, si quis roget,

id. Am. 1, 1, 180:

quin tu ergo rogas?

id. As. 1, 1, 15: Ty. Quid ego deliqui? He. Rogas? id. Capt. 3, 5, 2; so id. Rud. 3, 6, 22; id. Cas. 2, 3, 35; id. Bacch. 2, 2, 28; 38 al.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 136; 1, 2, 13; 1, 5, 32 al.; cf. Cic. Mil. 22, 59: etiam rogas? [p. 1599] do you dare to ask? Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 21; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 97; id. Merc. 1, 2, 92; Ter. And. 4, 4, 23 (v. etiam). — Particularly as subst.:

numquam nobis ad rogatum respondent,

Cic. Fl. 4, 10. —

In partic. (class. in all per.).

Publicists' t. t.

Rogare aliquem (sententiam), to ask one for his opinion or vote:

Racilius Marcellinum primum rogavit. Is sententiam dixit, ut, etc.... Postea Racilius de privatis me primum sententiam rogavit,

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

quos priores sententiam rogabat,

id. Rep. 2, 20, 35. — Pass.:

cum omnes ante me rogati gratias Caesari egissent, ego rogatus mutavi meum consilium,

Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

scito primum me non esse rogatum sententiam,

id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

primus rogatus sententiam,

Sall. C. 50, 4:

is enim primus rogatus sententiam,

Liv. 37, 14; Quint. 6, 3, 97 al.:

propter ipsam rem, de quā sententiae rogantur, consultabitur,

id. 3, 8, 18. —

Rogare populum or legem, or absol., prop., to ask the people about a law; hence, in gen., to bring the plan of a law before the people for their approval; to propose a law, introduce a bill:

in aes incidi jubebitis credo illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.: T. Quinctius Crispinus consul populum jure rogavit populusque jure scivit in foro pro rostris... quicumque post hanc legem rogatam rivos, specus, etc., an old legal formula ap. Front. Aquaed. 129:

plebem,

Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

legem,

id. Rep. 3, 10, 17; id. Phil. 2, 29, 72; cf.:

quae (leges) non in perpetuum rogentur,

Quint. 2, 4, 40. — Absol.:

ego hanc legem, uti rogas, jubendam censeo,

Liv. 10, 8 fin.; Quint. 2, 4, 35. — Impers. pass.:

nunc rogari, ut populus consules creet,

Liv. 4, 2.—

Rogare populum magistratum, and simply magistratum, to propose a magistrate to the people for their choice, to offer him for election:

factum senatus consultum, ut duo viros aediles ex patribus dictator populum rogaret,

Liv. 6, 42 fin.; cf.:

L. Trebonius tribunus plebis rogationem tulit, ut qui plebem Romanam tribunos plebi rogaret, is usque eo rogaret dum, etc.,

id. 3, 65, 4:

(Caesar) volet, ut consules roget praetor vel dictatorem dicat: quorum neutrum jus est,

Cic. Att. 9, 15, 2; cf.:

praetores, cum ita rogentur, ut collegae consulibus sint, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 9, 3:

hodieque in legibus magistratibusque rogandis usurpatur idem jus,

Liv. 1, 17:

comitia consulibus rogandis habuit,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33; Liv. 26, 22; 38, 42; cf. id. 23, 31; 22, 35:

Calpurnius Romam ad magistratus rogandos proficiscitur,

Sall. J. 29, 6.— Absol.:

mortuo rege Pompilio Tullum Hostilium populus regem, interrege rogante, comitiis curiatis creavit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31.—

Milit. t. t.: rogare milites sacramento, qs. to ask the soldiers if they will take and keep an oath, i. e. to bind them by an oath, administer an oath to them, Caes. B. G. 6, 1; Liv. 32, 26; 35, 2 fin.; 40, 26; cf. Quint. 12, 2, 26. —

Jurid. t. t., to ask a person if he will promise something in making an agreement; to propose a stipulation:

quod fere novissimā parte pactorum ita solet inseri: rogavit Titius, spopondit Maevius, haec verba non tantum pactionis loco accipiuntur sed etiam stipulationis,

Dig. 1, 14, 7, § 12; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 114; 4, 6, 8; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 37.

Transf., to ask, beg, request, solicit one for a thing (so predominantly in the class. per.; syn.: posco, oro, obsecro, ambio, capto); constr. aliquem (rarely ab aliquo) aliquid, aliquem, aliquid, with ut, ne, or absol.

With acc.:

quā confidentiā rogare argentum me tantum audes, Impudens? Quin si egomet totus veneam, vix recipi potis est, Quod tu me rogas,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 40:

hoc te vehementer etiam atque etiam rogo,

Cic. Fam. 13, 43 fin.:

nefas sit tale aliquid et facere rogatum et rogare... Haec igitur lex in amicitiā sanciatur, ut neque rogemus res turpes nec faciamus rogati,

id. Lael. 11, 39 sq.: otium divos rogat, Hor. c. 2, 16, 1; cf.:

divitias deos,

Mart. 4, 77, 1:

a Metello missionem,

Sall. J. 64, 1:

ut ab avunculo rogetur Aethiops,

Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63:

rogo te, vos, etc., parenthet.: rogo te, videte, quibus hominibus negotium detis, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 10, 26:

rogo vos, quis potest sine offulā vivere?

Suet. Claud. 40:

illae Priami rogantis Achillem preces,

Quint. 10, 1, 50: taurum de aquā per fundum ejus ducenda rogabo, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4:

ambiuntur, rogantur,

are asked for their votes, id. Rep. 1, 31, 47:

etiamsi precario essent rogandi,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 23, § 59:

transisse Rhenum sese non suā sponte sed rogatum et arcessitum a Gallis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44; cf.:

ille ab Sardis rogatus ad causam accesserat,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 19, 63:

in proximum annum consulatum peteres, vel potius rogares... a quā (Galliā) nos tum, cum consulatus petebatur, non rogabatur, etc.,

was not begged for, id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

abii ad praetorem, rogo syngraphum: Datur mihi,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 6:

aquam,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 2:

legatos ad Caesarem mittunt rogatum auxilium,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11; cf. id. ib. 7, 5:

aliquid ab aliquo (rare),

Auct. Her. 4, 50; Sall. J. 64, 1:

cultrum, securim, etc.... Quae utenda vasa semper vicini rogant,

ask for, borrow, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 18; id. Mil. 2, 3, 76; Dig. 18, 6, 16.—

With ut or ne (so most freq.):

scitin' quid ego vos rogo? mihi ut praeconium detis,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 92; id. Stich. 1, 3, 93:

id ut facias, vehementer te rogo,

Cic. Fam. 13, 44:

etiam atque etiam te rogo atque oro, ut eum juves,

id. ib. 13, 66, 2:

rogat et orat Dolabellam, ut, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 29, § 72:

cum rogat et prece cogit Scilicet ut, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 2; Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 1; id. B. G. 1, 7:

videbatur rogare, scalas ut darem utendas sibi,

that I would lend, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 10; Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 5; 4, 13, 11; 4, 28, 3.— With a simple final clause without ut:

Caesar consolatus rogat, finem orandi faciat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20; Quint. 6, 3, 88; 9, 3, 68; Ov. Ib. 643; and very freq. ap. Plin. Ep.; e. g. 1, 2, 1; 1, 5, 8; 1, 20, 24; 2, 5, 2; 3, 2, 6; 5, 19, 8; 7, 6, 11; 8, 17, 6.—With ne:

rogat frater, ne abeas longius,

Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 1:

ac te illud primum rogabo, ne quid invitus meā causā facias,

Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 2. —

Absol.: neque enim ego sic rogabam, ut petere viderer, quia familiaris esset meus (Plancus), etc., did not solicit in such a way as to, etc., Cic. Planc. 10, 25 (differing from a):

in blandiendo, rogando lenis et summissa (vox),

Quint. 11, 3, 63:

patrem et filium pro vitā rogantes,

Suet. Aug. 13; cf.:

pro aliquo,

id. ib. 40; id. Vit. 12.—

Esp., to invite, ask a visit from any one:

Tertia aderit, modo ne Publius rogatus sit,

Cic. Fam. 16, 22, 1 fin.:

Pomponiam Terentia rogat,

id. Att. 2, 3, 3 fin. — With ad or in and acc.:

ad Palatium,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 48, 1:

in senatum,

id. Heliog. 4, 1:

ad convivium,

Just. 43, 3, 10:

ad nuptias,

Amm. 14, 6, 24:

in consilium,

Gell. 14, 2, 9.—

Prov.:

malo emere quam rogare, of a thing that does not cost much,

I had rather buy than borrow it, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12; cf. supra, a and b. —

In gen., to seek, bring, take:

aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 75:

hujus (purpurae) exemplum aliunde rogabo, tibi quod ostendam (cf.: exemplum quaeritent, etc., in context),

Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9.

tăcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum, 2, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; perh. root tak-, tvak-, to be or make quiet, content; Sanscr. tucyati, to satisfy; v. Fick, Vergl. Wört. s. v. § 73; 362].

Neutr., to be silent, i. e. not to speak, to say nothing, hold one ' s peace (therefore more limited in signif. than silere, to be still, to make no noise): qui dicta loquive tacereve possit, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.); so, tacere ac fabulari, id. ap. Non. 475, 2 (Trag. v. 182 ib.): Ag. Ne obturba ac tace. Mil. Taceo. Ag. Si tacuisses, jam istuc taceo non natum foret, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 49 sq.:

silete et tacete,

id. ib. prol. 3; cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 19:

taceamne an praedicem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 54; 5, 2, 60; id. And. 2, 3, 25:

ea lingulaca est nobis, nam numquam tacet,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 62:

ad loquendum atque ad tacendum tute habeas portisculum,

id. As. 3, 1, 15:

tacendo loqui videbantur,

Cic. Sest. 18, 40:

hic Abdera, non tacente me,

id. Att. 4, 17, 3 B. and K.:

nobis tacentibus,

id. Ac. 2, 32, 101:

an me taciturum tantis de rebus existimavistis?

id. Verr. 1, 9, 27:

taceamus,

Liv. 40, 9, 5:

tacere nondum volumus,

Sid. Ep. 8, 16.— Impers. pass.:

taceri si vis, vera dicito,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 26:

ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus de se et de suis factis taceri velit,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4.—

Transf., for silere, of animals and things, concr. and abstr., to be still, noiseless, quiet, at rest (mostly poet.):

canis ipse tacet,

Tib. 2, 4, 34; cf.:

vere prius volucres taceant, aestate cicadae,

Ov. A. A. 1, 271:

nox erat... Cum tacet omnis ager pecudes pictaeque volucres,

Verg. A. 4, 525; cf.

nox,

Cat. 7, 7:

nec diu taceat procax locutio,

id. 61, 126:

non oculi tacuere tui,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 17: plectra dolore tacent;

muta dolore lyra est,

id. H. 15, 198:

tacet stridor litui,

Sen. Thyest. 575:

essedo tacente,

noiseless, Mart. 4, 64, 19:

Ister tacens,

i. e. standing still, frozen, id. 7, 84, 3:

solitudo et tacentes loci,

hushed, still, Tac. H. 3, 85:

loca tacentia,

the under world, the silent land, Verg. A. 6, 265:

aquae tacentes,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 49:

tacere indolem illam Romanam,

i. e. did not show itself, had disappeared, Liv. 9, 6, 12:

blanditiae taceant,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 66.—

Act., to pass over in silence, be silent respecting a thing (rare but class.):

et tu hoc taceto,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:

quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 23; Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:

enuntiabo... quod adhuc semper tacui et tacendum putavi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 119:

quid dixit aut quid tacuit?

Hor. Epod. 5, 49:

commissa tacere Qui nequit,

id. S. 1, 4, 84:

ut alios taceam,

not to speak of others, Ov. M. 13, 177; so,

Narcissum,

Verg. G. 4, 123:

novercas,

Sen. Hippol. 558 et saep.:

tacebimus, quid in ipso homine prosit homini?

Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 1.— Pass.:

ignotumst, tacitumst, creditumst,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 28:

aureus in medio Marte tacetur Amor,

Ov. Am. 2, 18, 36:

vir Celtiberis non tacende gentibus,

Mart. 1, 50, 1. — Hence, subst.: tăcenda, ōrum, n., things not to be uttered: dicenda tacenda locutus, rhêta kai arrêta, things fit and unfit to be spoken, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 72; cf.:

gravis est culpa tacenda loqui,

Ov. A. A. 2, 604.—Hence, tă-cĭtus, a, um, P. a.

Pass., that is passed over in silence, not spoken of, kept secret, unmentioned:

prima duo capita epistulae tuae tacita mihi quodammodo relinquenda sunt,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

aliquid tacitum tenere,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 64; cf.:

quod cum ab antiquis tacitum praetermissumque sit,

Liv. 6, 12, 3; Verg. A. 6, 841:

tacitum erit,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:

suspendas potins me, quam tacita tu haec auferas,

i. e. without my speaking of it, uncontradicted by me, id. As. 4, 2, 7; cf.:

cetera si reprehenderis, non feres tacitum,

Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2:

ne id quidem ab Turno tulisse tacitum ferunt: dixisse enim, etc.,

Liv. 1, 50, 9; so, too, tacitum ferre. id. 3, 45, 6: non patientibus tacitum tribunis, quod, etc., id. 7, 1, 5:

tacere nequeo misera, quod tacito usus est,

silence, Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 7. —

Transf.

In jurid. lang., that is done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent, implied, tacit:

non omnia scriptis, sed quaedam, quae perspicua sint, tacitis exceptionibus caveri,

Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 140:

conventio,

Dig. 20, 2, 3:

condicio,

ib. 23, 3, 68:

jus,

ib. 29, 2, 66:

substitutio,

ib. 28, 5, 25:

indutiae,

Liv. 2, 18; 2, 64; 23, 46:

fideicommissum,

Quint. 9, 2, 74.—

That is done or exists in silence; silent, secret, hidden, concealed:

senatus decrevit, ut tacitum judicium ante comitia fierit,

Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 Bait.:

aures ipsae tacito eum (modum) sensu sine arte definiunt,

id. Or. 60, 203:

omnes enim tacito quodam sensu sine ullā arte aut ratione quae sint... recta ac prava dijudicant,

id. de Or. 3, 50, 195:

ob tacitas cum Marcello offensiones,

Vell. 2, 93, 2:

tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus,

Verg. A. 4, 67; so,

affectus,

Ov. M. 7, 147:

pudor,

id. ib. 7, 743:

ira,

id. ib. 6, 623:

dissimulare sperasti, tacitusque meā decedere terrā,

secretly, unobserved, Verg. A. 4, 306.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., a secret:

taciti vulgator,

Ov. Am. 3, 7, 51. —

Act. or neutr., that does not speak, not uttering a sound, silent, still, quiet, noiseless, mute:

quod boni est, id tacitus taceas tute tecum et gaudeas,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:

tacitus tace modo,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

mulier,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 70; cf.:

lacrumans tacitus auscultabat, quae ego loquebar,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 59:

quid exspectas auctoritatem loquentium, quorum voluntatem tacitorum perspicis?

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20; 3, 11, 26:

vos me jam hoc tacito intellegetis,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 180:

quae (patria) tecum tacita loquitur,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18: voluntas;

quae si tacitis nobis intellegi posset, verbis omnino non uteremur,

id. Caecin. 18, 53; id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41:

nihil me mutum delectare potest, nihil tacitum,

id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

si quam conjecturam adfert hominibus tacita corporis figura,

id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

tacita vestra exspectatio,

id. Clu. 23, 63:

assensiones nec tacitae nec occultae,

implied, tacit, id. Mil. 5, 12:

si mori tacitum oportet, taceamus,

i. e. without making a defence, Liv. 40, 9, 5:

contumeliam tacitus tulit,

id. 35, 19, 1:

ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat,

i. e. meditating, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65:

pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,

eloquent, outspoken, id. C. 4, 1, 14:

tacitus pasci si posset corvus,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 50:

tacitā fistula cum lyrā,

id. C. 3, 19, 20:

totum pererrat Luminibus tacitis,

with silent glances, Verg. A. 4, 364:

fulmen,

i. e. without thunder, Luc. 1, 533 et saep.:

per tacitum nemus ire,

still, silent, quiet, Verg. A. 6, 386; so,

unda,

id. ib. 8, 87:

caelum,

id. ib. 3, 515:

aër,

Mart. 8, 32, 1:

domus,

id. 9, 62, 12:

limen,

Verg. A. 7, 343:

nox,

Ov. H. 18, 78; id. F. 2, 552.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., silence:

septem surgens sedatis amnibus altus Per tacitum Ganges,

in its silent course, flowing silently, Verg. A. 9, 31; cf.:

trahitur Gangesque Padusque Per tacitum mundi,

i. e. through subterranean passages, Luc. 10, 253:

somnus per tacitum allapsus,

silently, in silence, Sil. 10, 354:

erumpunt sub casside fusae Per tacitum lacrimae,

id. 12, 554; 17, 216.—

As proper name: Tă-cĭta, ae, f., = Muta, the goddess of Silence:

ecce anus in mediis residens annosa puellis Sacra facit Tacitae,

Ov. F. 2, 572; v. also 2. Tacitus.— Adv.: tăcĭtē, silently, in silence, secretly (class.):

auscultemus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 42:

tacite rogare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

tacite dat ipsa lex potestatem defendendi,

id. Mil. 4, 11:

perire tacite obscureque,

id. Quint. 15, 50:

non tulit verecundiam senatus,

Liv. 5, 28, 1:

exsecrari praetereuntem,

id. 2, 58, 8:

annus labens,

Ov. F. 1, 65; Just. 15, 2; Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2; Val. Max. 6, 5, 2.

tăcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum, 2, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; perh. root tak-, tvak-, to be or make quiet, content; Sanscr. tucyati, to satisfy; v. Fick, Vergl. Wört. s. v. § 73; 362].

Neutr., to be silent, i. e. not to speak, to say nothing, hold one ' s peace (therefore more limited in signif. than silere, to be still, to make no noise): qui dicta loquive tacereve possit, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.); so, tacere ac fabulari, id. ap. Non. 475, 2 (Trag. v. 182 ib.): Ag. Ne obturba ac tace. Mil. Taceo. Ag. Si tacuisses, jam istuc taceo non natum foret, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 49 sq.:

silete et tacete,

id. ib. prol. 3; cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 19:

taceamne an praedicem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 54; 5, 2, 60; id. And. 2, 3, 25:

ea lingulaca est nobis, nam numquam tacet,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 62:

ad loquendum atque ad tacendum tute habeas portisculum,

id. As. 3, 1, 15:

tacendo loqui videbantur,

Cic. Sest. 18, 40:

hic Abdera, non tacente me,

id. Att. 4, 17, 3 B. and K.:

nobis tacentibus,

id. Ac. 2, 32, 101:

an me taciturum tantis de rebus existimavistis?

id. Verr. 1, 9, 27:

taceamus,

Liv. 40, 9, 5:

tacere nondum volumus,

Sid. Ep. 8, 16.— Impers. pass.:

taceri si vis, vera dicito,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 26:

ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus de se et de suis factis taceri velit,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4.—

Transf., for silere, of animals and things, concr. and abstr., to be still, noiseless, quiet, at rest (mostly poet.):

canis ipse tacet,

Tib. 2, 4, 34; cf.:

vere prius volucres taceant, aestate cicadae,

Ov. A. A. 1, 271:

nox erat... Cum tacet omnis ager pecudes pictaeque volucres,

Verg. A. 4, 525; cf.

nox,

Cat. 7, 7:

nec diu taceat procax locutio,

id. 61, 126:

non oculi tacuere tui,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 17: plectra dolore tacent;

muta dolore lyra est,

id. H. 15, 198:

tacet stridor litui,

Sen. Thyest. 575:

essedo tacente,

noiseless, Mart. 4, 64, 19:

Ister tacens,

i. e. standing still, frozen, id. 7, 84, 3:

solitudo et tacentes loci,

hushed, still, Tac. H. 3, 85:

loca tacentia,

the under world, the silent land, Verg. A. 6, 265:

aquae tacentes,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 49:

tacere indolem illam Romanam,

i. e. did not show itself, had disappeared, Liv. 9, 6, 12:

blanditiae taceant,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 66.—

Act., to pass over in silence, be silent respecting a thing (rare but class.):

et tu hoc taceto,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:

quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 23; Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:

enuntiabo... quod adhuc semper tacui et tacendum putavi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 119:

quid dixit aut quid tacuit?

Hor. Epod. 5, 49:

commissa tacere Qui nequit,

id. S. 1, 4, 84:

ut alios taceam,

not to speak of others, Ov. M. 13, 177; so,

Narcissum,

Verg. G. 4, 123:

novercas,

Sen. Hippol. 558 et saep.:

tacebimus, quid in ipso homine prosit homini?

Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 1.— Pass.:

ignotumst, tacitumst, creditumst,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 28:

aureus in medio Marte tacetur Amor,

Ov. Am. 2, 18, 36:

vir Celtiberis non tacende gentibus,

Mart. 1, 50, 1. — Hence, subst.: tăcenda, ōrum, n., things not to be uttered: dicenda tacenda locutus, rhêta kai arrêta, things fit and unfit to be spoken, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 72; cf.:

gravis est culpa tacenda loqui,

Ov. A. A. 2, 604.—Hence, tă-cĭtus, a, um, P. a.

Pass., that is passed over in silence, not spoken of, kept secret, unmentioned:

prima duo capita epistulae tuae tacita mihi quodammodo relinquenda sunt,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

aliquid tacitum tenere,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 64; cf.:

quod cum ab antiquis tacitum praetermissumque sit,

Liv. 6, 12, 3; Verg. A. 6, 841:

tacitum erit,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:

suspendas potins me, quam tacita tu haec auferas,

i. e. without my speaking of it, uncontradicted by me, id. As. 4, 2, 7; cf.:

cetera si reprehenderis, non feres tacitum,

Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2:

ne id quidem ab Turno tulisse tacitum ferunt: dixisse enim, etc.,

Liv. 1, 50, 9; so, too, tacitum ferre. id. 3, 45, 6: non patientibus tacitum tribunis, quod, etc., id. 7, 1, 5:

tacere nequeo misera, quod tacito usus est,

silence, Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 7. —

Transf.

In jurid. lang., that is done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent, implied, tacit:

non omnia scriptis, sed quaedam, quae perspicua sint, tacitis exceptionibus caveri,

Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 140:

conventio,

Dig. 20, 2, 3:

condicio,

ib. 23, 3, 68:

jus,

ib. 29, 2, 66:

substitutio,

ib. 28, 5, 25:

indutiae,

Liv. 2, 18; 2, 64; 23, 46:

fideicommissum,

Quint. 9, 2, 74.—

That is done or exists in silence; silent, secret, hidden, concealed:

senatus decrevit, ut tacitum judicium ante comitia fierit,

Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 Bait.:

aures ipsae tacito eum (modum) sensu sine arte definiunt,

id. Or. 60, 203:

omnes enim tacito quodam sensu sine ullā arte aut ratione quae sint... recta ac prava dijudicant,

id. de Or. 3, 50, 195:

ob tacitas cum Marcello offensiones,

Vell. 2, 93, 2:

tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus,

Verg. A. 4, 67; so,

affectus,

Ov. M. 7, 147:

pudor,

id. ib. 7, 743:

ira,

id. ib. 6, 623:

dissimulare sperasti, tacitusque meā decedere terrā,

secretly, unobserved, Verg. A. 4, 306.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., a secret:

taciti vulgator,

Ov. Am. 3, 7, 51. —

Act. or neutr., that does not speak, not uttering a sound, silent, still, quiet, noiseless, mute:

quod boni est, id tacitus taceas tute tecum et gaudeas,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:

tacitus tace modo,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

mulier,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 70; cf.:

lacrumans tacitus auscultabat, quae ego loquebar,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 59:

quid exspectas auctoritatem loquentium, quorum voluntatem tacitorum perspicis?

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20; 3, 11, 26:

vos me jam hoc tacito intellegetis,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 180:

quae (patria) tecum tacita loquitur,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18: voluntas;

quae si tacitis nobis intellegi posset, verbis omnino non uteremur,

id. Caecin. 18, 53; id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41:

nihil me mutum delectare potest, nihil tacitum,

id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

si quam conjecturam adfert hominibus tacita corporis figura,

id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

tacita vestra exspectatio,

id. Clu. 23, 63:

assensiones nec tacitae nec occultae,

implied, tacit, id. Mil. 5, 12:

si mori tacitum oportet, taceamus,

i. e. without making a defence, Liv. 40, 9, 5:

contumeliam tacitus tulit,

id. 35, 19, 1:

ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat,

i. e. meditating, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65:

pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,

eloquent, outspoken, id. C. 4, 1, 14:

tacitus pasci si posset corvus,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 50:

tacitā fistula cum lyrā,

id. C. 3, 19, 20:

totum pererrat Luminibus tacitis,

with silent glances, Verg. A. 4, 364:

fulmen,

i. e. without thunder, Luc. 1, 533 et saep.:

per tacitum nemus ire,

still, silent, quiet, Verg. A. 6, 386; so,

unda,

id. ib. 8, 87:

caelum,

id. ib. 3, 515:

aër,

Mart. 8, 32, 1:

domus,

id. 9, 62, 12:

limen,

Verg. A. 7, 343:

nox,

Ov. H. 18, 78; id. F. 2, 552.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., silence:

septem surgens sedatis amnibus altus Per tacitum Ganges,

in its silent course, flowing silently, Verg. A. 9, 31; cf.:

trahitur Gangesque Padusque Per tacitum mundi,

i. e. through subterranean passages, Luc. 10, 253:

somnus per tacitum allapsus,

silently, in silence, Sil. 10, 354:

erumpunt sub casside fusae Per tacitum lacrimae,

id. 12, 554; 17, 216.—

As proper name: Tă-cĭta, ae, f., = Muta, the goddess of Silence:

ecce anus in mediis residens annosa puellis Sacra facit Tacitae,

Ov. F. 2, 572; v. also 2. Tacitus.— Adv.: tăcĭtē, silently, in silence, secretly (class.):

auscultemus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 42:

tacite rogare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

tacite dat ipsa lex potestatem defendendi,

id. Mil. 4, 11:

perire tacite obscureque,

id. Quint. 15, 50:

non tulit verecundiam senatus,

Liv. 5, 28, 1:

exsecrari praetereuntem,

id. 2, 58, 8:

annus labens,

Ov. F. 1, 65; Just. 15, 2; Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2; Val. Max. 6, 5, 2.

tăcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum, 2, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; perh. root tak-, tvak-, to be or make quiet, content; Sanscr. tucyati, to satisfy; v. Fick, Vergl. Wört. s. v. § 73; 362].

Neutr., to be silent, i. e. not to speak, to say nothing, hold one ' s peace (therefore more limited in signif. than silere, to be still, to make no noise): qui dicta loquive tacereve possit, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.); so, tacere ac fabulari, id. ap. Non. 475, 2 (Trag. v. 182 ib.): Ag. Ne obturba ac tace. Mil. Taceo. Ag. Si tacuisses, jam istuc taceo non natum foret, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 49 sq.:

silete et tacete,

id. ib. prol. 3; cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 19:

taceamne an praedicem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 54; 5, 2, 60; id. And. 2, 3, 25:

ea lingulaca est nobis, nam numquam tacet,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 62:

ad loquendum atque ad tacendum tute habeas portisculum,

id. As. 3, 1, 15:

tacendo loqui videbantur,

Cic. Sest. 18, 40:

hic Abdera, non tacente me,

id. Att. 4, 17, 3 B. and K.:

nobis tacentibus,

id. Ac. 2, 32, 101:

an me taciturum tantis de rebus existimavistis?

id. Verr. 1, 9, 27:

taceamus,

Liv. 40, 9, 5:

tacere nondum volumus,

Sid. Ep. 8, 16.— Impers. pass.:

taceri si vis, vera dicito,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 26:

ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus de se et de suis factis taceri velit,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4.—

Transf., for silere, of animals and things, concr. and abstr., to be still, noiseless, quiet, at rest (mostly poet.):

canis ipse tacet,

Tib. 2, 4, 34; cf.:

vere prius volucres taceant, aestate cicadae,

Ov. A. A. 1, 271:

nox erat... Cum tacet omnis ager pecudes pictaeque volucres,

Verg. A. 4, 525; cf.

nox,

Cat. 7, 7:

nec diu taceat procax locutio,

id. 61, 126:

non oculi tacuere tui,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 17: plectra dolore tacent;

muta dolore lyra est,

id. H. 15, 198:

tacet stridor litui,

Sen. Thyest. 575:

essedo tacente,

noiseless, Mart. 4, 64, 19:

Ister tacens,

i. e. standing still, frozen, id. 7, 84, 3:

solitudo et tacentes loci,

hushed, still, Tac. H. 3, 85:

loca tacentia,

the under world, the silent land, Verg. A. 6, 265:

aquae tacentes,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 49:

tacere indolem illam Romanam,

i. e. did not show itself, had disappeared, Liv. 9, 6, 12:

blanditiae taceant,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 66.—

Act., to pass over in silence, be silent respecting a thing (rare but class.):

et tu hoc taceto,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:

quae vera audivi, taceo et contineo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 23; Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:

enuntiabo... quod adhuc semper tacui et tacendum putavi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 119:

quid dixit aut quid tacuit?

Hor. Epod. 5, 49:

commissa tacere Qui nequit,

id. S. 1, 4, 84:

ut alios taceam,

not to speak of others, Ov. M. 13, 177; so,

Narcissum,

Verg. G. 4, 123:

novercas,

Sen. Hippol. 558 et saep.:

tacebimus, quid in ipso homine prosit homini?

Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 1.— Pass.:

ignotumst, tacitumst, creditumst,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 28:

aureus in medio Marte tacetur Amor,

Ov. Am. 2, 18, 36:

vir Celtiberis non tacende gentibus,

Mart. 1, 50, 1. — Hence, subst.: tăcenda, ōrum, n., things not to be uttered: dicenda tacenda locutus, rhêta kai arrêta, things fit and unfit to be spoken, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 72; cf.:

gravis est culpa tacenda loqui,

Ov. A. A. 2, 604.—Hence, tă-cĭtus, a, um, P. a.

Pass., that is passed over in silence, not spoken of, kept secret, unmentioned:

prima duo capita epistulae tuae tacita mihi quodammodo relinquenda sunt,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

aliquid tacitum tenere,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 64; cf.:

quod cum ab antiquis tacitum praetermissumque sit,

Liv. 6, 12, 3; Verg. A. 6, 841:

tacitum erit,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 64:

suspendas potins me, quam tacita tu haec auferas,

i. e. without my speaking of it, uncontradicted by me, id. As. 4, 2, 7; cf.:

cetera si reprehenderis, non feres tacitum,

Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2:

ne id quidem ab Turno tulisse tacitum ferunt: dixisse enim, etc.,

Liv. 1, 50, 9; so, too, tacitum ferre. id. 3, 45, 6: non patientibus tacitum tribunis, quod, etc., id. 7, 1, 5:

tacere nequeo misera, quod tacito usus est,

silence, Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 7. —

Transf.

In jurid. lang., that is done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent, implied, tacit:

non omnia scriptis, sed quaedam, quae perspicua sint, tacitis exceptionibus caveri,

Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 140:

conventio,

Dig. 20, 2, 3:

condicio,

ib. 23, 3, 68:

jus,

ib. 29, 2, 66:

substitutio,

ib. 28, 5, 25:

indutiae,

Liv. 2, 18; 2, 64; 23, 46:

fideicommissum,

Quint. 9, 2, 74.—

That is done or exists in silence; silent, secret, hidden, concealed:

senatus decrevit, ut tacitum judicium ante comitia fierit,

Cic. Att. 4, 17, 3 Bait.:

aures ipsae tacito eum (modum) sensu sine arte definiunt,

id. Or. 60, 203:

omnes enim tacito quodam sensu sine ullā arte aut ratione quae sint... recta ac prava dijudicant,

id. de Or. 3, 50, 195:

ob tacitas cum Marcello offensiones,

Vell. 2, 93, 2:

tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus,

Verg. A. 4, 67; so,

affectus,

Ov. M. 7, 147:

pudor,

id. ib. 7, 743:

ira,

id. ib. 6, 623:

dissimulare sperasti, tacitusque meā decedere terrā,

secretly, unobserved, Verg. A. 4, 306.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., a secret:

taciti vulgator,

Ov. Am. 3, 7, 51. —

Act. or neutr., that does not speak, not uttering a sound, silent, still, quiet, noiseless, mute:

quod boni est, id tacitus taceas tute tecum et gaudeas,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 44:

tacitus tace modo,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

mulier,

id. Rud. 4, 4, 70; cf.:

lacrumans tacitus auscultabat, quae ego loquebar,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 59:

quid exspectas auctoritatem loquentium, quorum voluntatem tacitorum perspicis?

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20; 3, 11, 26:

vos me jam hoc tacito intellegetis,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 180:

quae (patria) tecum tacita loquitur,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18: voluntas;

quae si tacitis nobis intellegi posset, verbis omnino non uteremur,

id. Caecin. 18, 53; id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 41:

nihil me mutum delectare potest, nihil tacitum,

id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

si quam conjecturam adfert hominibus tacita corporis figura,

id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

tacita vestra exspectatio,

id. Clu. 23, 63:

assensiones nec tacitae nec occultae,

implied, tacit, id. Mil. 5, 12:

si mori tacitum oportet, taceamus,

i. e. without making a defence, Liv. 40, 9, 5:

contumeliam tacitus tulit,

id. 35, 19, 1:

ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat,

i. e. meditating, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65:

pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,

eloquent, outspoken, id. C. 4, 1, 14:

tacitus pasci si posset corvus,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 50:

tacitā fistula cum lyrā,

id. C. 3, 19, 20:

totum pererrat Luminibus tacitis,

with silent glances, Verg. A. 4, 364:

fulmen,

i. e. without thunder, Luc. 1, 533 et saep.:

per tacitum nemus ire,

still, silent, quiet, Verg. A. 6, 386; so,

unda,

id. ib. 8, 87:

caelum,

id. ib. 3, 515:

aër,

Mart. 8, 32, 1:

domus,

id. 9, 62, 12:

limen,

Verg. A. 7, 343:

nox,

Ov. H. 18, 78; id. F. 2, 552.— Subst.: tăcĭtum, i, n., silence:

septem surgens sedatis amnibus altus Per tacitum Ganges,

in its silent course, flowing silently, Verg. A. 9, 31; cf.:

trahitur Gangesque Padusque Per tacitum mundi,

i. e. through subterranean passages, Luc. 10, 253:

somnus per tacitum allapsus,

silently, in silence, Sil. 10, 354:

erumpunt sub casside fusae Per tacitum lacrimae,

id. 12, 554; 17, 216.—

As proper name: Tă-cĭta, ae, f., = Muta, the goddess of Silence:

ecce anus in mediis residens annosa puellis Sacra facit Tacitae,

Ov. F. 2, 572; v. also 2. Tacitus.— Adv.: tăcĭtē, silently, in silence, secretly (class.):

auscultemus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 42:

tacite rogare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

tacite dat ipsa lex potestatem defendendi,

id. Mil. 4, 11:

perire tacite obscureque,

id. Quint. 15, 50:

non tulit verecundiam senatus,

Liv. 5, 28, 1:

exsecrari praetereuntem,

id. 2, 58, 8:

annus labens,

Ov. F. 1, 65; Just. 15, 2; Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2; Val. Max. 6, 5, 2.

impătĭens ( inp-), entis, adj. [2. inpatiens].

That cannot bear, will not endure or suffer, impatient of any thing (not ante-Aug.; cf. intolerans).

Of living beings; usu. constr. with gen.; rarely with inf. or absol.

With gen.:

viae,

Ov. M. 6, 322; cf.:

miles impatiens solis, pulveris, tempestatum,

Tac. H. 2, 99:

vulneris,

Verg. A. 11, 639:

morbi,

Suet. Gramm. 3:

morae,

Sil. 8, 4; Suet. Calig. 51; cf.:

aeger morā et spei impatiens,

Tac. H. 2, 40:

maeroris,

Suet. Calig. 24:

longioris sollicitudinis,

id. Oth. 9:

discidii,

id. Dom. 9:

veritatis,

Curt. 3, 2, 17 et saep.:

impatiens expersque viri,

not enduring, avoiding, fleeing, Ov. M. 1, 479:

viri,

id. F. 6, 288:

Nympharum,

id. M. 4, 260:

quasi ab impatientibus remediorum,

Suet. Tib. 59:

somni,

Val. Fl. 1, 296:

morarum,

Amm. 28, 1, 9:

superioris,

Quint. 11, 1, 16.— Poet.: irae, impatient in his wrath, i. e. ungovernably furious, Ov. M. 13, 3; cf.:

Galli flagrantes ira, cujus impatiens gens est,

Liv. 5, 38.— Sup.:

sues ex omnibus pecudibus impatientissimae famis sunt,

Col. 7, 11, 3:

Marius quietis impatientissimus,

Vell. 2, 23, 1.—

With inf.:

cohibere furorem,

Sil. 11, 98:

nescire torum,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 35.—

Absol.:

nihil est impatientius imperitia,

Macr. S. 7, 5 fin.:

impatientissima sollicitudo,

Gell. 12, 1, 22.—

Of things:

corpus laborum impatiens,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 4:

cera impatiens caloris,

id. A. A. 2, 60:

aesculus umoris,

Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 219:

caulis vetustatis,

id. 21, 16, 57, § 97:

navis gubernaculi,

Curt. 9, 4; 11:

terra hominum,

Luc. 7, 866; cf.:

solum Cereris,

id. 9, 857:

mammae lactis,

i. e. that cannot restrain their milk, Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67.— Sup.:

pisum impatientissimum frigorum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123.—

That does not feel or suffer, insensible, apathetic (post-Aug. and very rare), Lact. 5, 22, 5.—Esp., philos. t. t., of the Stoics, free from sensibility, without feeling:

Epicurus et hi, quibus summum bonum visum est animus impatiens,

Sen. Ep. 9, 1.— Hence, adv.: impătĭenter, impatiently, unwillingly (post-Aug.):

amavi juvenem tam ardenter quam nunc impatienter requiro,

Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6:

indoluit,

Tac. A. 4, 17.— Comp., Plin. Ep. 6, 1, 1; Just. 12, 15, 3. — Sup., Plin. Ep. 9, 22, 2.

impătĭens ( inp-), entis, adj. [2. inpatiens].

That cannot bear, will not endure or suffer, impatient of any thing (not ante-Aug.; cf. intolerans).

Of living beings; usu. constr. with gen.; rarely with inf. or absol.

With gen.:

viae,

Ov. M. 6, 322; cf.:

miles impatiens solis, pulveris, tempestatum,

Tac. H. 2, 99:

vulneris,

Verg. A. 11, 639:

morbi,

Suet. Gramm. 3:

morae,

Sil. 8, 4; Suet. Calig. 51; cf.:

aeger morā et spei impatiens,

Tac. H. 2, 40:

maeroris,

Suet. Calig. 24:

longioris sollicitudinis,

id. Oth. 9:

discidii,

id. Dom. 9:

veritatis,

Curt. 3, 2, 17 et saep.:

impatiens expersque viri,

not enduring, avoiding, fleeing, Ov. M. 1, 479:

viri,

id. F. 6, 288:

Nympharum,

id. M. 4, 260:

quasi ab impatientibus remediorum,

Suet. Tib. 59:

somni,

Val. Fl. 1, 296:

morarum,

Amm. 28, 1, 9:

superioris,

Quint. 11, 1, 16.— Poet.: irae, impatient in his wrath, i. e. ungovernably furious, Ov. M. 13, 3; cf.:

Galli flagrantes ira, cujus impatiens gens est,

Liv. 5, 38.— Sup.:

sues ex omnibus pecudibus impatientissimae famis sunt,

Col. 7, 11, 3:

Marius quietis impatientissimus,

Vell. 2, 23, 1.—

With inf.:

cohibere furorem,

Sil. 11, 98:

nescire torum,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 35.—

Absol.:

nihil est impatientius imperitia,

Macr. S. 7, 5 fin.:

impatientissima sollicitudo,

Gell. 12, 1, 22.—

Of things:

corpus laborum impatiens,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 4:

cera impatiens caloris,

id. A. A. 2, 60:

aesculus umoris,

Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 219:

caulis vetustatis,

id. 21, 16, 57, § 97:

navis gubernaculi,

Curt. 9, 4; 11:

terra hominum,

Luc. 7, 866; cf.:

solum Cereris,

id. 9, 857:

mammae lactis,

i. e. that cannot restrain their milk, Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67.— Sup.:

pisum impatientissimum frigorum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123.—

That does not feel or suffer, insensible, apathetic (post-Aug. and very rare), Lact. 5, 22, 5.—Esp., philos. t. t., of the Stoics, free from sensibility, without feeling:

Epicurus et hi, quibus summum bonum visum est animus impatiens,

Sen. Ep. 9, 1.— Hence, adv.: impătĭenter, impatiently, unwillingly (post-Aug.):

amavi juvenem tam ardenter quam nunc impatienter requiro,

Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6:

indoluit,

Tac. A. 4, 17.— Comp., Plin. Ep. 6, 1, 1; Just. 12, 15, 3. — Sup., Plin. Ep. 9, 22, 2.

ĭn-hūmānus, a, um, adj., not suitable to the human condition, that does not befit a human being.

Rude, savage, barbarous:

quis tam fuit durus et ferreus, quis tam inhumanus, qui non illorum miseria commoveretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121:

vox,

id. Fin. 3, 19, 64:

scelus,

Liv. 1, 48, 7:

crudelitas,

id. 21, 4, 9:

via,

covered with corpses, Tac. H. 2, 70:

securitas,

that enjoyed itself during the slaughter, id. ib. 3, 83:

testamentum,

cruel, unjust, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 107.—

Unpolished, uncivil, unmannerly, ill-bred, churlish, discourteous:

quis contumacior, quis inhumanior, quis superbior,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

moderati nec difficiles, nec inhumani senes,

id. de Sen. 3, 7:

at hoc idem si in convivio faciat, inhumanus videatur,

ill-bred, id. Off. 1, 40, 144:

agrestis et inhumana neglegentia,

id. ib. 36, 130:

homo inhumanissimus,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 24:

aures,

uncultivated, Cic. Or. 51, 172.—

Superhuman, godlike:

mensae,

App. M. 5, p. 334:

sententia,

id. de Deo Soc. 5, p. 44, 24.— Hence, adv. in two forms.

ĭnhūmānē, inhumanly, savagely, cruelly:

nimis graviter cruciat adulescentulum, nimisque inhumane,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 2:

facere contraque naturae legem,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30:

muta (oratio),

Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 16.— Comp.:

inhumanius dicere,

Cic. Lael. 13, 46.—

ĭn-hūmānĭter, uncivilly, discourteously:

me miratum esse istum tam inhumaniter fecisse, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6, § 21; id. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 137, acc. to Prisc. p. 1010 P. (where the MSS. have inhumane).

in-nŏcens, entis, adj. ( gen. plur. innocentūm, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 5;

but innocentium,

Cic. Verr. 4, 52, § 116), that does no harm.

Lit., harmless, inoffensive, innoxious (syn. insons):

epistula,

Cic. Fam. 5, 18:

ruina,

Mart. 1, 83, 11:

innocentis pocula Lesbii,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 21:

innocentior cibus,

Plin. 23, 7, 67, § 132.—

Transf., that harms no one, blameless, guiltless, innocent.

In gen.: servus, Plant. Capt. 3, 5, 7: [p. 958] innocens is dicitur, non qui leviter nocet, sed qui nihil nocet, Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 41:

innocens si accusatus sit, absolvi potest,

id. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

vir integer, innocens, religiosus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 4, § 7:

parricidii,

Flor. 4, 1:

factorum innocens sum,

Tac. A. 4, 34:

innocentissimo patre privatus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 88:

contentiones,

carried on without bitterness, Vell. 1, 11, 6:

vita innocentissimus,

id. 2, 2, 2.—As subst.: innŏcens, entis, m., the guiltless man:

cum innocente abstinentiā certabat (Cato),

Sall. C. 54, 5; Auct. Her. 2, 3, 5. —

In partic., disinterested, upright:

praetores,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12:

vir innocens et industrius,

Suet. Vit. 2; Plin. Pan. 28, 3.—Hence, adv.: innŏcenter, harmlessly, blamelessly, innocently:

vivere,

Quint. 7, 4, 18:

opes innocenter paratae,

Tac. A. 4, 44.— Comp.:

omnia, quae caeduntur, innocentius decrescente luna, quam crescente fiunt,

more safely, better, Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 321:

agere,

Tac. H. 1, 9. — Sup.: vita innocentissime acta, Auct. Decl. ap. Sall. 2.

in-nŏcens, entis, adj. ( gen. plur. innocentūm, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 5;

but innocentium,

Cic. Verr. 4, 52, § 116), that does no harm.

Lit., harmless, inoffensive, innoxious (syn. insons):

epistula,

Cic. Fam. 5, 18:

ruina,

Mart. 1, 83, 11:

innocentis pocula Lesbii,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 21:

innocentior cibus,

Plin. 23, 7, 67, § 132.—

Transf., that harms no one, blameless, guiltless, innocent.

In gen.: servus, Plant. Capt. 3, 5, 7: [p. 958] innocens is dicitur, non qui leviter nocet, sed qui nihil nocet, Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 41:

innocens si accusatus sit, absolvi potest,

id. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

vir integer, innocens, religiosus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 4, § 7:

parricidii,

Flor. 4, 1:

factorum innocens sum,

Tac. A. 4, 34:

innocentissimo patre privatus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 88:

contentiones,

carried on without bitterness, Vell. 1, 11, 6:

vita innocentissimus,

id. 2, 2, 2.—As subst.: innŏcens, entis, m., the guiltless man:

cum innocente abstinentiā certabat (Cato),

Sall. C. 54, 5; Auct. Her. 2, 3, 5. —

In partic., disinterested, upright:

praetores,

Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12:

vir innocens et industrius,

Suet. Vit. 2; Plin. Pan. 28, 3.—Hence, adv.: innŏcenter, harmlessly, blamelessly, innocently:

vivere,

Quint. 7, 4, 18:

opes innocenter paratae,

Tac. A. 4, 44.— Comp.:

omnia, quae caeduntur, innocentius decrescente luna, quam crescente fiunt,

more safely, better, Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 321:

agere,

Tac. H. 1, 9. — Sup.: vita innocentissime acta, Auct. Decl. ap. Sall. 2.

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.

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.—

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.—

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,

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.).

Lit.

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.—

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. —

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,

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.