the most profitable

ūber, ĕris, n. [Gr. outhar; Sanscr. ūdhar; cf. O. H. Germ. uter; Engl. udder; cf. the letter B], a teat, pap, dug, udder, a breast that gives suck (mostly poet. and in post Aug. prose).

Sing., Lucr. 1, 887: lactantes ubere toto, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 103 P. (Ann. v. 71 Vahl.):

(vitula) binos alit ubere fetus,

Verg. E. 3, 30:

ut vix sustineant distentum cruribus uber,

Ov. M. 13, 826:

vituio ab ubere rapto,

id. F. 4, 459:

cum a nutricis ubere auferretur,

Suet. Tib. 6.—

Plur. (so most freq.):

saepe etiam nunc (puer) Ubera mammarum in somnis lactantia quaeret,

Lucr. 5, 885:

lactea,

Verg. G. 2, 524:

capreoli Bina die siccant ovis ubera,

id. E. 2, 42; cf.:

ad sua quisque fere decurrunt ubera lactis (agni),

Lucr. 2, 370:

lactis,

Tib. 1, 3, 46:

mammarum,

Gell. 12, 1, 7:

candens lacteus umor Uberibus manat distentis,

Lucr. 1, 259:

distenta,

Hor. Epod. 2, 46:

equina,

id. ib. 8, 8:

tenta,

id. ib. 16, 50: natos uberibus gravidis vitali rore rigabat, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20; cf.:

(Romulus) cum esset silvestris beluae sustentatus uberibus,

id. Rep. 2, 2, 4:

uberaque ebiberant avidi lactantia nati,

Ov. M. 6, 342:

sua quemque mater uberibus alit,

Tac. G. 20.—

Transf.

Of the earth, the fruitful breast, etc.:

alma tellus annuā vice mortalibus distenta musto demittit ubera,

Col. 3, 21, 3: ubera campi, id. poët. 10, 90. —

A cluster or mass in the shape of an udder, of bees hanging from trees when swarming, Pall. Jun. 7, 6 and 9.—

Richness, fruitfulness, fertility:

quique frequens herbis et fertilis ubere campus,

Verg. G. 2, 185:

divitis agri,

id. A. 7, 262:

glebae,

id. ib. 1, 531:

in denso non segnior ubere Bacchus,

id. G. 2, 275; cf.:

pecorique et vitibus almis Aptius uber erit,

id. ib. 2, 234:

vitis,

Col. 4, 27, 5:

palmitis Etrusci,

Claud. B. G. 504.

ūber, ĕris (abl. uberi;

but ubere campo,

Col. 6, 27, 1), adj [1. uber; cf. ibid. II. C.], rich in something, full, fruitful, fertile, abundant, plentiful, copious, productive (class.; syn.: ferax, fertilis, fecundus).

Lit.:

seges spicis uberibus et crebris,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91:

messis,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 23:

fruges,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 5: itaque res uber fuit, antequam vastassent regiones, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 647 P.:

Umbria me genuit terris fertilis uberibus,

Prop. 1, 22, 10; cf.:

in uberi agro,

Liv. 29, 25, 12:

uber solum,

Tac. H. 5, 6:

(Neptunus) Piscatu novo me uberi compotivit,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 6:

onus,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 64; cf. Col. 6, 27: bellum, productive in booty, Just. 38, 7, 9: gravis imber et uber. copious, Lucr. 6, 290:

guttae,

id. 1, 349:

aquae,

Ov. M. 3, 31:

aqua prolluens et uber,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, 3:

rivi,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 10.— Comp.: agro bene culte nihil potest esse nec usu uberius nec specie [p. 1923] ornatius, Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

neque enim robustior aetas Ulla nec uberior (aestate),

Ov. M. 15, 208:

subtemen,

fuller, stouter, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20.— Sup.:

uberrimi laetissimique fructus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156.— With abl.:

arbor ibi niveis uberrima pomis,

Ov. M. 4, 89:

(Sulmo) gelidis uberrimus undis,

id. Tr. 4, 10, 3:

uberrimus quaestus,

the most profitable, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 22: equum nimis strigosum et male habitum, sed equitem ejus uberrimum et habitissimum viderunt, exceedingly stout, plump, or fat, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 4, 20, 11.— With gen.:

regio cum aeris ac plumbi uberrima, tum et minio,

Just. 44, 3, 4: frugum, Att. ap. Non. 498, 6.— Absol.:

teneant uberrima Teucer Et Libys,

the most fruitful regions, Val. Fl. 1, 510.—

Trop., full, rich, copious, esp. of style and language:

hoc Periclem praestitisse ceteris dicit oratoribus Socrates, quod is Anaxagorae physici fuerit auditor, a quo censet eum uberem et fecundum fuisse,

Cic. Or. 4, 15:

motus animi, qui ad explicandum ornandumque sint uberes,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 113:

theses ad excitationem dicendi mire speciosae atque uberes,

Quint. 2, 4, 24.— Comp.:

nullus feracior in eā (philosophiā) locus est nec uberior quam de officiis,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 5; id. Div. 1, 3, 6:

aut majore delectatione aut spe uberiore commoveri,

id. de Or. 1, 4, 13:

quis uberior in dicendo Platone?

id. Brut. 31, 121:

uberiores litterae,

id. Att. 13, 50, 1:

Catoni seni comparatus C. Gracchus plenior et uberior,

Tac. Or. 18:

haec Africanus Petreiusque pleniora etiam atque uberiora Romam ad suos perscribant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 53:

tuasque Ingenio laudes uberiore canunt,

Ov. Tr. 2, 74:

in juvenibus etiam uberiora paulo et paene periclitantia feruntur,

Quint. 11, 1, 32.— Sup.:

doctissimi homines ingeniis uberrimis adfluentes,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (dub.;

bracketed by B. and K.): uberrima supplicationibus triumphisque provincia,

full of, id. Pis. 40, 97:

uberrimae litterae,

id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

nec decet te ornatum uberrimis artibus,

id. Brut. 97, 332:

oratorum eā aetate uberrimus erat,

Tac. A. 3, 31 fin. —Hence, adv., used only in the comp. and sup.

Lit., more fruitfully, more fully, more copiously or plentifully:

uberius nulli provenit ista seges,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 12:

flere uberius,

Cic. Phil. 2, 31, 77:

mores mali quasi herba irrigua succreverunt uberrime,

most luxuriantly, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 9.—

Trop., of style, etc., copiously, fully, Quint. 10, 3, 2:

haec cum uberius disputantur et fusius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20:

loqui (with planius),

id. Fam. 3, 11, 1:

dicere (with latius),

Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 11:

explicare (with latius),

Suet. Rhet. 1:

locus uberrime tractatus,

Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3.

sălūbris, e ( masc. collat. form sălū-ber, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Ov. R. Am. 704; but salubris, m., Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130; Cels. 1, 3; 2, 1; 3, 6; abl. salubri, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 30), adj. [salus], health-giving, promoting health, healthful, wholesome, salubrious; salutary, serviceable, advantageous, beneficial (v. salutaris init.).

Lit. (freq. and class.)

Absol.:

saluber locus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; so Cic. Fat. 4, 7 (opp. pestilens); id. Rep. 2, 6, 11 (opp. pestilens regio); 1, 1, 1; id. de Or. 2, 71, 290; Cels. 1, 3 (opp. gravis); cf.:

sunt partes agrorum aliae pestilentes, aliae salubres,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79.— Comp.:

salubrior ager,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 3.— Sup.: saluberrimae regiones, * Caes. B. C. 3, 2 fin.:

Apennino saluberrimo montium,

Plin. Ep. 1, 6, 2:

Esquiliae,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 14:

silvae,

id. Ep. 1, 4, 4:

aquae,

id. C. S. 31:

irriguis ora salubris aquis,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 2:

fluvius,

Verg. G. 1, 272:

aura,

Ov. A. A. 3, 693:

caelum,

Col. 1, 2:

si Baiae salubres repente factae sunt,

Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 1:

salubrisne an pestilens annus futurus sit,

id. Div. 1, 57, 130; cf.:

saluberrimum (tempus) ver est... saluberrimi sunt sereni dies... salubriores septentrionales quam subsolani, etc.... nam fere ventus ubique a mediterraneis regionibus veniens salubris, a mari gravis est,

Cels. 2, 1:

aestates,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 21:

stellae,

id. ib. 1, 7, 24:

sidus,

Luc. 1, 661:

afflatus ex Apenninis,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 29:

cultus atque victus,

strengthening, nourishing, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61; id. Or. 26, 90 infra; cf.:

suci Ambrosiae,

Verg. A. 12, 418:

saluberrimum acetum,

Plin. 21, 14, 48, § 82:

saluberrimi potus,

id. 31, 2, 19, § 28:

somnus,

Verg. G. 3, 530:

in medicinā alia salubria alia insalubria,

Quint. 3, 2, 3:

princeps,

i. e. mindful of the good of others, Suet. Aug. 42:

Phoebe saluber, ades,

Ov. R. Am. 704:

o salute meā salus salubrior!

Plaut. Cist. 3, 13:

quicquid est salsum aut salubre in oratione,

sound, solid, Cic. Or. 26, 90:

sententiae exemplo haud salubres,

Liv. 2, 30; cf.:

(factum) severitate exempli salubre,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 1:

consilia,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 5; cf.:

hiems saluberrimis consiliis absumpta,

Tac. Agr. 21:

mendacium,

Liv. 2, 64:

justitia legesque,

Hor. A. P. 198:

verba,

Ov. F. 6, 753:

factum,

Ov. R. Am. 316:

pretium,

advantageous, profitable, Col. 7, 3, 22; Mart. 10, 104, 14:

exempla,

Gell. 6, 10, 1; cf. infra, adv.—

With dat., ad aliquid, contra (cf. salutaris):

(sententiam) dixi rei publicae saluberrimam,

Cic. Dom. 7, 16:

vinum firmum, corpori salubre,

Col. 12, 27; so,

et gravi Malvae salubres corpori,

Hor. Epod. 2, 58; Cato, R. R. 157, 12; cf.:

salubris parum urbs valetudini suae,

Suet. Aug. 72:

liber salubrior studiis quam dulcior,

Quint. 3, 1, 5:

leges rem salubriorem inopi quam potenti (esse),

Liv. 2, 3, 4:

saluberrima Romano imperio juga Alpium,

Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 31:

ad omnes res salubre est,

Cato, R. R. 156, 1:

icterias existimatur salubris contra regios morbos,

Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 470.—

Transf., in a neutr. sense, of the human body, healthy, sound, well, vigorous (very rare, and for the most part not till after the Aug. per.;

not in Cic.): genus hominum salubri corpore,

Sall. J. 17, 6:

salubriora etiam credente corpora esse,

Liv. 1, 31; 3, 8:

(exercitum) mutatione locorum salubriorem esse,

id. 10, 28; Tac. H. 5, 6:

ut salubri sint corpore pecora,

Col. 6, 4, 1; Mart. 10, 47, 6; cf. Liv. 10, 25.— Sup.:

gentes quae saluberrimis corporibus utuntur,

Tac. Or. 41.—Hence, adv.: sălūbrĭ-ter, healthfully, wholesomely, salubriously; profitably, advantageously:

ubi potest illa aetas aut calescere... aut vicissim umbris aquisve refrigerari salubrius?

Cic. Sen. 16, 57; Col. 1, 8, 12; 2, 9, 14:

ut salubrius litigantes consisterent,

Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 24:

nasci,

Gell. 3, 10, 8.— Sup.:

saluberrime,

Plin. 22, 12, 14, § 29:

bellum trahi salubriter,

beneficially, advantageously, Liv. 3, 62: leges emendatae utiliter, latae salubriter, Vell. 2, 89, 4; Gell. 2, 29, 1 al.; cf.

emere,

i. e. at a cheap rate, Plin. Ep. 1, 24, 4:

ut (laesa) quam saluberrime reficiantur,

id. ib. 6, 30, 3.

confĕro, contŭli, collātum (conl-), conferre, v. a.

To bring, bear, or carry together, to collect, gather (freq. and class.).

In gen.:

ligna circa casam,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

arma,

Vell. 2, 114, 4:

cibos ore suo (aves),

Quint. 2, 6, 7:

undique collatis membris,

Hor. A. P. 3 al.:

sarcinas in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24; cf. id. ib. 2, 25:

collatis militaribus signis,

id. ib. 7, 2:

ut premerer sacrā Lauroque collatāque myrto,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 19:

quo (sc. in proximum horreum) omne rusticum instrumentum,

Col. 1, 6, 7:

illuc (sc. in castella) parentes et conjuges,

Tac. A. 4, 46 fin.:

dentes in corpore (canes),

Ov. M. 3, 236:

materiam omnem, antequam dicere ordiamur,

Quint. 3, 9, 8:

summas (scriptorum) in commentarium et capita,

id. 10, 7, 32:

plura opera in unam tabulam,

id. 8, 5, 26:

quae in proximos quinque libros conlata sunt,

id. 8, prooem. 1: res Romanas Graeco peregrinoque sermone in historiam, Just. pr. 1; cf. Suet. Caes. 44; cf. I. B. 5. infra.; Quint. 4, 1, 23:

rogus inimicis collatus manibus,

Petr. 115 fin. —

In partic.

To collect money, treasures, etc., for any object, to bring offerings, contribute:

dona mihi,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20:

contulit aes populus,

Ov. F. 4, 351;

so freq. on monuments: AERE CONLATO,

Inscr. Orell. 3648; 74; Suet. Aug. 59:

EX AERE CONLATO,

Inscr. Orell. 3991:

aurum argentumque in publicum,

Liv. 28, 36, 3:

munera ei,

Nep. Ages. 7, 3:

tributa quotannis ex censu,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131:

conferre eo minus tributi,

Liv. 5, 20, 5:

in commune,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145; id. Quint. 3, 12:

quadringena talenta quotannis Delum,

Nep. Arist. 3, 1:

(pecunia) ad ejus honores conlata,

Cic. Fl. 25, 59:

ad honorem tuum pecunias maximas contulisse,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157:

sextantes in capita,

Liv. 2, 33, 11:

pecunias,

Suet. Caes. 19; id. Aug. 57; 30; Just. 3, 6:

vinum alius, alius mel,

Dig. 41, 1, 7; 47, 7, 3 pr.:

sua bona in medium,

ib. 37, 6, 1 pr.:

magnam partem patrimonii alicui rei,

ib. 50, 4, 5:

cum et Socrati collatum sit ad victum,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.— Absol.:

nos dabimus, nos conferemus, nostro sumptu, non tuo,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 39.—Hence,

Trop., like the Gr. sumpherô (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v. 5.), to be useful, profitable, to profit, serve, be of use to ( = prosum; cf. also conduco, II.; post-Aug., and only in the third person; most freq. in Quint.); constr. with ad, in, the dat., inf., or absol.

With ad:

naturane plus ad eloquentiam conferat an doctrina,

Quint. 2, 19, 1; so id. 1, 8, 7; 2, 5, 1; 3, 6, 7 al.; Cels. 6, 6, 1; Col. 12, prooem. § 6; Suet. Tib. 4.—

With in:

rursus in alia plus prior (exercitatio) confert,

Quint. 10, 7, 26.—

With dat.:

Gracchorum eloquentiae multum contulisse matrem,

Quint. 1, 1, 6; so id. prooem. § 6; 2, 9, 2; 3, 7, 12 al.; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; 20, 23, 98, § 261; 29, 1, 6, § 13; Suet. Vesp. 6.—

With subj. inf.:

incipiente incremento confert alterna folia circum obruere,

Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83.—

Absol.:

multum veteres etiam Latini conferunt, imprimis copiam verborum,

Quint. 1, 8, 8; 2, 5, 16; 4, 2, 123 al.; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 67.—

To bring into connection, to unite, join, connect:

membris collatis, of an embrace,

Lucr. 4, 1101; cf.

ora,

App. M. 5, p. 161, 17:

fontes e quibus collatae aquae flumen emittunt,

Curt. 7, 11, 3: capita, to lay heads together (in conferring, deliberating, etc.), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; Liv. 2, 45, 7: pedem, to go or come with one, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 41; so,

gradum ( = congredi),

id. Men. 3, 3, 30; id. Ps. 2, 4, 17; Verg. A. 6, 488.—Of chemical union:

dissimiles et dispares res in unam potestatem,

Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—

Trop.:

collatis viribus,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 17; cf.:

conferre vires in unum,

Liv. 33, 19, 7:

collata omnium vota in unius salutem,

Plin. Pan. 23, 5:

e singulis frustis collata oratio,

Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 2, 9, 3:

velut studia inter nos conferebamus,

id. 4, prooem. § 1.— So esp. of conferences, consultations, etc., to consult together, confer, consider or talk over together:

si quid res feret, coram inter nos conferemus,

Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1:

sollicitudines nostras inter nos,

id. Fam. 6, 21, 2:

rationes,

id. Att 5, 21, 12: familiares sermones cum aliquo, to unite in familiar conversation with, id. Off. 2, 11, 39:

cum hoc in viā sermonem contulit,

id. Inv. 2, 4, 14; cf.:

cum aliquo aut sermones aut consilia,

id. Phil. 2, 15, 38:

consilia ad adulescentes,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 64; cf.:

consilia dispersim antea habita,

Suet. Caes. 80:

injurias,

to deliberate together concerning, Tac. Agr. 15; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2.— Absol.:

omnes sapientes decet conferre et fabulari,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 8.—With a rel.clause:

fusi contulerimus inter nos... quid finis,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 4:

ibi conferentibus, quid animorum Hispanis esset,

Liv. 27, 20, 4.—

To bring or join together in a hostile manner, to set together (most freq. in milit. lang.):

(Galli) cum Fontejo ferrum ac manus contulerunt,

Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2):

signa cum Alexandrinis,

id. Pis. 21, 49; cf.:

collatis signis depugnare,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66:

arma cum aliquo,

Nep. Eum. 11, 5; 3, 6; cf.:

arma inter se,

Liv. 21, 1, 2:

castra cum hoste,

id. 26, 12, 14; cf.:

castra castris,

id. 23, 28, 9; 8, 23, 9; Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114; Caes. B. C. 3, 79:

pedem cum pede,

to fight foot to foot, Liv. 28, 2, 6; cf.:

pede conlato,

id. 6, 12, 10; 10, 29, 6; 26, 39, 12 al.:

gradum cum aliquo,

id. 7, 33, 11:

pectora luctantia nexu pectoribus,

Ov. M. 6, 242:

stat conferre manum Aeneae,

Verg. A. 12, 678:

prima movet Cacus collatā proelia dextrā,

Ov. F. 1, 569:

collatis cursibus hastas conicere,

Val. Fl. 6, 270:

seque viro vir contulit,

Verg. A. 10, 735.— Poet.:

inter sese duri certamina belli,

Verg. A. 10, 147:

contra conferre manu certamina pugnae,

Lucr. 4, 843:

collato Marte,

Ov. M. 12, 379.— Absol.:

mecum confer, ait,

fight with me, Ov. M. 10, 603.—

Transf. from milit. affairs to lawsuits: pedem, to encounter, come in contact with one, to attack:

non possum magis pedem conferre, ut aiunt, aut propius accedere?

Cic. Planc. 19, 48:

pedem cum singulis,

Quint. 5, 13, 11; cf. id. 8, 6, 51; cf.:

qui illi concedi putem utilius esse quod postulat quam signa conferri,

Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5.— Poet.:

lites,

to contend, quarrel, Hor. S. 1, 5, 54.—

To bring together for comparison, to compare; constr. with cum, inter se, ad, the dat., or acc. only.

With cum:

quem cum eo (sc. Democrito) conferre possumus non modo ingenii magnitudine sed etiam animi?

Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 115:

ut non conferam vitam neque existimationem tuam cum illius,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 45; id. Sull. 26, 72:

cum maximis minima,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6, 17; Quint. 5, 13, 12; 8, 4, 2 al.:

nostras leges cum illorum Lycurgo et Dracone et Solone,

Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 197; cf.:

illa cum Graeciā,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; v. also d. —

With inter se (rare):

vitam inter se utriusque conferte,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.—

With ad:

bos ad bovem collatus,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 28 Müll.—

With dat.:

tempora praesentia praeteritis,

Lucr. 2, 1166:

parva magnis,

Cic. Or. 4, 14:

alicui illud,

id. Inv. 2, 50, 151:

lanam tinctam Tyriae lacernae,

Quint. 12, 10, 75:

ingenia ingeniis,

Sen. Contr. 5, 33:

illam puellis,

Prop. 1, 5, 7; 1, 4, 9:

nil jucundo amico,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 44:

(Pausanias et Lysander) ne minimā quidem ex parte Lycurgi legibus et disciplinae conferendi sunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76; cf. supra, a.—

With acc. only:

tesseram hospitalem,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 88:

conferte Verrem: non ut hominem cum homine comparetis, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121:

exemplum,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 85; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 7, 696:

nec cum quaereretur gener Tarquinio, quisquam Romanae juventutis ullā arte conferri potuit,

Liv. 1, 39, 4; Suet. Caes. 47:

census,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159.—Of documents:

haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et conlata sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190.—

With the idea of shortening by bringing together (cf. colligo), to compress, abridge, condense, make or be brief:

quam potero in verba conferam paucissima,

Plaut. Men. prol. 6; cf.:

in pauca, ut occupatus nunc sum, confer, quid velis,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 44:

rem in pauca,

id. Poen. 5, 4, 68; and:

in pauca verba,

id. As. 1, 1, 75; id: Pers. 4, 4, 109:

totam Academiam... ex duobus libris contuli in quattuor,

Cic. Att. 13, 13, 1:

ut in pauca conferam,

id. Caecin. 6, 17:

sua verba in duos versus,

Ov. F. 1, 162:

ex immensā diffusāque legum copiā optima quaeque et necessaria in paucissimos libros,

Suet. Caes. 44.— [p. 412] *

To join in bringing forward, to propose unitedly (as a law; cf.

fero, II. B. 8. b.): cur enim non confertis, ne sit conubium divitibus et pauperibus,

Liv. 4, 4, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.

(Con intens.) To bear, carry, convey, direct a thing somewhere (in haste, for protection, etc.); and conferre se, to betake or turn one's self anywhere, to go (very freq. and class.).

Prop.

In gen.

With the designation of the goal: quo me miser conferam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214:

qui cum se suaque omnia in oppidum Bratuspantium contulissent,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

se suaque eo,

id. ib. 3, 28:

se suaque in naves,

Nep. Them. 2, 7 al.:

iter Brundisium versus,

Cic. Att. 3, 4 med.; cf.: iter eo, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:

suas rationes et copias in illam provinciam,

id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: legiones in mediam aciem, Auct. B. Alex. 39;

Auct. B. Afr. 60: quos eodem audita Cannensis clades contulerat,

Liv. 23, 17, 8:

parentes illuc,

Tac. A. 4, 46:

se Rhodum conferre,

Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213: se Laodiceam, Lent. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 4:

se Colonas,

Nep. Paus. 3, 3:

quo se fusa acies,

Liv. 9, 16, 1 al.:

se ad Tissaphernem,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; so,

se ad Pharnabazum,

id. Con. 2, 1:

se in fugam,

Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: sese in pedes, Enn. ap. Non. p. 518, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7 (cf.:

conicere se in pedes,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 13).—Of things:

pituita eo se umorve confert,

Cels. 2, 12.—

Absol.:

pulcre haec confertur ratis,

is borne away, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 27.—

Esp., in Ov. M. (cf. abeo, II.): aliquem in aliquid, to change into, transform to something:

aliquem in saxum,

Ov. M. 4, 278: versos vultus ( poet. circumlocution for se) in hanc, id. ib. 9, 348:

corpus in albam volucrem,

id. ib. 12, 145.—

Trop.

In gen., to bring, turn, direct something to; and conferre se, to turn, apply, devote one's self to, etc.:

quo mortuo me ad pontificem Scaevolam contuli,

Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

(Crassus) cum initio aetatis ad amicitiam se meam contulisset,

id. Brut. 81, 281; id. Fam. 11, 29, 2:

qui se ad senatūs auctoritatem, ad libertatem vestram contulerunt,

id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; id. Ac. 1, 9, 34:

se ad studium scribendi,

id. Arch. 3, 4:

se ad studia litterarum,

id. ib. 7, 16; cf. Suet. Gram. 24:

meus pater eam seditionem in tranquillum conferet (the figure taken from the sea when in commotion),

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 16: verba ad rem, to bring words to actions, i. e. to pass from words to deeds, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 4; id. Hec. 3, 1, 17:

suspitionem in Capitonem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:

ut spes votaque sua non prius ad deos quam ad principum aures conferret,

Tac. A. 4, 39:

lamentationes suas etiam in testamentum,

id. ib. 15, 68.—More freq., in partic.,

With the access. idea of application or communication, to devote or apply something to a certain purpose, to employ, direct, confer, bestow upon, give, lend, grant, to transfer to (a favorite word with Cic.).

With dat.:

dona quid cessant mihi Conferre?

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20:

tibi munera,

Prop. 2, 3, 25; Nep. Ages. 7, 3:

victoribus praemia,

Suet. Calig. 20:

puellae quinquaginta milia nummūm,

Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2:

fructum alio,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 60; Dig. 37, 6, 1, § 24.—

With ad and acc.:

hostiles exuvias ornatum ad urbis et posterum gloriam,

Tac. A. 3, 72:

Mithridates omne reliquum tempus non ad oblivionem veteris belli, sed ad comparationem novi contulit,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9:

omne studium atque omne ingenium ad populi Romani gloriam laudemque celebrandam,

id. Arch. 9, 19; id. Fam. 10, 1, 3:

omnem meam curam atque operam ad philosophiam,

id. ib. 4, 3, 4:

omnem tuum amorem omnemque tuam prudentiam... confer ad eam curam,

id. Att. 7, 1, 2:

animum ad fodiendos puteos, Auct. B. Alex. 9: ad naturae suae non vitiosae genus consilium vivendi omne,

Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120:

orationem omnem ad misericordiam,

id. Lig. 1, 1.—

With in:

omnes curas cogitationesque in rem publicam,

Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2:

diligentiam in valetudinem tuam,

id. Fam. 16, 4, 4:

praedas ac manubias suas non in monumenta deorum immortalium, neque in urbis ornamenta conferre, sed, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 23, 60:

in eos, quos speramus nobis profuturos, non dubitamus officia conferre,

id. Off. 1, 15, 48; so,

plurimum benignitatis in eum,

id. ib. 1, 16, 50; id. Lael. 19, 70: curam restituendi Capitolii in L. Vestinum confert, i. e. assigns to, charges with, Tac. H. 4, 53:

in unius salutem collata omnium vota,

Plin. Pan. 23, 5.—

With erga:

commemoratio benevolentiae ejus, quam erga me a pueritiā contulisses,

Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 1.—

With aliquid ad or in aliquem or aliquid, to refer or ascribe something to a person or thing as its possessor, author (in a good, and freq. in a bad sense), to attribute, impute, assign, ascribe to one, to lay to the charge of:

species istas hominum in deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77:

res ad imperium deorum,

Lucr. 6, 54:

permulta in Plancium, quae ab eo numquam dicta sunt, conferuntur... Stomachor vero, cum aliorum non me digna in me conferuntur,

Cic. Planc. 14, 35; id. Fam. 5, 5, 2:

mortis illius invidiam in L. Flaccum,

id. Fl. 17, 41:

suum timorem in rei frumentariae simulationem angustiasque itinerum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

sua vitia et suam culpam in senectutem,

Cic. Sen. 5, 14:

hanc ego de re publicā disputationem in Africani personam et Phili contuli,

id. Att. 4, 16, 2.—So esp.:

culpam in aliquem,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 156; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97; Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 1:

causam in aliquem,

id. ib. 12, 31, 1; Liv. 5, 11, 6; cf.:

causam in tempus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—

To transfer to a fixed point of time, fix, assign, refer, appoint, put off, defer, postpone (cf. differo):

Carthaginis expugnationem in hunc annum,

Liv. 27, 7, 5: in posterum diem iter suum contulit, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3:

omnia in mensem Martium,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 24:

aliquid in ambulationis tempus,

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

eam pecuniam in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus,

id. Off. 3, 24, 93:

quod in longiorem diem conlaturus fuisset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.:

alicujus consulatum in annum aliquem,

Plin. Pan. 61.—Rarely of place:

idoneum locum in agris nactus... ibi adventum expectare Pompei eoque omnem belli rationem conferre constituit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 81 fin. —

To bring on, cause, occasion, induce:

pestem alicui,

Col. 1, 5, 4:

candorem mollitiamque,

Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 175.

ūsus, a, um, Part. of utor.

ūsus, ūs, m. [utor], the use or using of any thing, in the widest sense (cf.: consuetudo, mos).

Lit.

In gen.

The use, employment, exercise of any thing; with gen. obj.:

virtus in usu sui tota posita est: usus autem ejus est maximus civitatis gubernatio,

Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 2:

cetera, ad virtutis usum idonea,

id. Ac. 1, 6, 22.— Absol.:

Quaeque ipsi doceant in usu habere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 10:

nec rhus Latinum nomen habet, cum in usum pluribus modis veniat,

Plin. 24, 11, 54, § 91.—

Wear, a wearing out or away ( poet.):

ferreus adsiduo consumitur anulus usu,

Ov. A. A. 1, 473:

silices tenuantur ab usu,

id. ib. 3, 91.—

Use, enjoyment, [p. 1939] fruition:

et usu rerum necessarium et dignitate spoliatum iri,

Caes. B. G. 7, 66:

tantumque nobis in nostrum privatum usum, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,

Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 13:

cave sis ne tu te usu perduis (i. e. ex usu tui),

lose control of yourself, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 225 Ussing ad loc.—

Use, practice, exercise:

tantum usu cottidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

quod adsiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit,

Cic. Balb. 20, 45:

cum rerum magnarum tractatio atque usus cum illarum artium studiis et cognitione conjungitur,

id. Rep. 3, 3, 5:

ad eam doctrinam, quam suo quisque studio adsecutus esset, adjungeretur usus frequens,

id. de Or. 1, 4, 15:

docuit nos longa vita ususque rerum maximarum,

id. ib. 2, 50, 204:

usu quidem in re publicā rerum maximarum facile omnis viceris,

id. Rep. 1, 23, 37.—

Use, experience, discipline, skill acquired by practice (cf. experientia): Da. O Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram. Ge. Mi usus venit, hoc scio, i. e. I have found it so by experience, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23 (al. usu venit; v. infra, II. C. 2.):

vir tali prudentiā, etiam usu atque exercitatione praeditus,

Cic. Clu. 31, 84:

res posita in usu militari,

id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

usum in re publicā magnum habere,

id. Phil. 10, 2, 6: magnum in re militari usum habere, Caes B G. 1, 39; id. B. C. 2, 34:

non recusare se, quin nullius usus imperator existimaretur,

id. ib. 3, 45:

nullo usu rei militaris percepto,

id. B. G. 6, 40; id. B. C. 3, 84:

usu nauticarum rerum ceteros antecedunt,

id. B. G. 3, 8:

ne usu manuque reliquorum opinionem fallerent,

id. B. C. 3, 86:

et Marius aut belli usum aut studia volgi amissurus,

Sall. J. 84, 3; cf. id. ib. 89, 6:

dantur duo usu sapientiāque praestantes,

Nep. Timoth. 3, 2:

seris venit usus ab annis,

Ov. M. 6, 29:

tum foeda clades, Romanisque usu incognita,

Flor. 2, 2, 23. —Personified:

adiciam quod me docuit usus, magister egregius,

experience, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 12:

usum et esse et haberi optimum dicendi magistrum,

id. ib. 6, 29, 4.—

Use, habit, usage, custom, practice:

usum loquendi populo concessi: scientiam mihi reservavi,

Cic. Or. 48, 160:

dicendi omnis ratio in medio posita communi quodam in usu,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

neque quem usum belli haberent, aut quibus institutis uterentur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20:

(vitulos) ad studium atque usum formabis agrestem,

Verg. G. 3, 163:

est omnino Capitoni in usu claros viros colere,

it is his custom, Plin. Ep. 1, 17, 3:

populum auctoritate suā ad usum frugalitatis revocavit,

Just. 20, 4, 5:

ab his Galli usum vitae cultioris didicerunt,

id. 43, 4, 1:

at horum recitatio usu jam recepta est,

Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 3:

cadent vocabula, si volet usus,

Hor. A. P. 71.—

In partic.

In jurid. lang.

Usus et fructus, usus fructusque, and more frequently in one word, ūsusfructus, the use and enjoyment of property belonging to another, usufruct:

usus enim ejus fundi et fructus testamento viri fuerat Caesenniae,

Cic. Caecin. 7, 19:

sibi horum usus fructusque contingat,

Sen. Ep. 73, 9:

rem nobis eripit casus, usum fructumque apud nos relinquit,

id. ib. 98, 11:

usumfructum omnium bonorum suorum Caesenniae legat, ut frueretur una cum filio,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11; cf.:

ususfructus est jus alienis rebus utendi fruendi, salvā rerum substantiā,

Dig. 7, 1, 1; v. the entire title, usufructu: dominus proprietatis alii usumfructum in jure cedere potest, Gai inst. 2, 30 sqq.; 2, 86; Ulp. Fragm. 15, 3.—

A use that creates ownership, acquisition by prescription, usucaption.

In the connection usus et auctoritas, or without the copula, usus auctoritas; v. auctoritas; and cf. Rein, Röm. Privatr. p. 144 sq.—

In the phrase usu capere, to acquire by prescription (often as one word; v. 1. usucapio); hence, com.: Mer. Quojus nunc es? Sos. Tuos:

nam pugnis usu fecisti tuom,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 218.—

Intercourse, familiarity, association, intimacy, society (cf.:

consuetudo, conversatio): domesticus usus et consuetudo,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

quocum mihi est magnus usus,

id. Fam. 7, 32, 1; 9, 25, 2:

conjunctus magno usu familiaritatis,

id. ib. 13, 52:

in tanto usu nostro tantāque amicitiā,

id. Planc. 2, 5:

inter nosmet ipsos vetus usus intercedit,

id. Fam. 13, 23, 1: ut insinuaret se in quam maxime familiarem usum, Liv. 40, 21, 11:

recens praestat nec longo cognitus usu,

Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 9:

natio nullo commercio colens mutuos usus,

Curt. 7, 3, 5:

neminem in usu habes nisi tibi dilectum,

Plin. Pan. 88.—Hence,

In mal. part., Tib. 1, 9, 55; Ov. R. Am. 357.—

Use, practice, reality (opp. species):

ut (liberi) in usum boni sint et in speciem populo,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 42:

illam alteram (partem Numidiae) specie quam usu potiorem Adherbal possedit,

Sall. J. 16, 5:

ut non in usum sic ad speciem imperii,

Flor. 3, 13, 4.

Transf.

Use, usefulness, value, utility, benefit, profit, advantage:

levis fructus, exiguus usus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

(arborum) consectio magnos usus affert ad navigia facienda,

id. N. D. 2, 60, 152:

propter lini inopiam atque ejus usus inscientiam,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

naves factae subito ex umidā materiā non eundem usum celeritatis habebant,

capacity, fitness, id. B. C. 1, 58:

natis in usum laetitiae scyphis Pugnare,

service, Hor. C. 1, 27, 1:

aurum cogere humanos in usus,

id. ib. 3, 3, 51:

pater, si das hujus mihi nominis usum,

Ov. M. 2, 36:

nescis, quo valeat numus? quem praebeat usum?

Hor. S. 1, 1, 73:

quidve ad amicitias, usus rectumne trahat nos,

id. ib. 2, 6, 75:

neque quisquam omnium libidini simul et usui paruit,

Sall. C. 51, 2:

plures quam quot satis in usum erant ignes,

Liv. 36, 10, 12:

servos quos domum quis ducet suo usu,

Dig. 50, 16, 203:

cicuta quoque venenum est... ad multa tamen usus non omittendi,

Plin. 25, 13, 95, § 151.—In partic., usui or ex usu esse, to be of use, service, or benefit, to be useful, serviceable, advantageous, or profitable:

esse usui civitati, ea, quae sunt usui ad armandas naves,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1; id. B. C. 1, 19; Liv. 3, 33, 5; cf.:

(Satrius) fuit et mihi et Quinto fratri magno usui in nostris petitionibus,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3:

magno usui rei publicae esse,

id. Phil. 10, 11, 26; Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

bono usui esse,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 15:

peritos legum ad condenda nova jura usui fore credebant,

Liv. 3, 33, 5:

declararent, utrum proelium ex usu esset necne,

Caes. B. G. 1, 50; so,

ex usu esse,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 14; Plin. 25, 13, 110, § 175:

ad omnia haec magis opportunus nec magis ex usu tuo Nemo'st,

Ter. Eun. 5, 9 (8), 47. —

Use, occasion, need, want, necessity:

non te instruere domum tuam voluerunt in provinciā, sed illum usum provinciae supplere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 9:

quae belli usus poscunt, suppeditare,

Liv. 26, 43, 7:

illuc euntium, quā quemque suorum usuum causae ferrent,

id. 6, 25, 9.—

Usus est, or usus venit, there is need, it is necessary, becomes requisite.

Usus est (most freq. ante-class., esp. after the analogy of opus est with the abl.).

Absol.:

egomet mihi fero, quod usu'st,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 13:

ubicumque usus siet,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 9; and, with ellipsis of subst. verb:

dico ut usus fieri,

id. As. 2, 2, 109:

si quando usus esset,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92: Me. Mihi sic est usus: tibi ut opus facto'st, face. Ch. An cuiquam est usus homini, se ut cruciet? Me. Mihi, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 28 sq.; cf.:

ut equites Pompeianorum impetum, cum adesset usus, sustinere non possent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84, 4.—

With abl.:

viginti jam usu'st filio argenti minis,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 76; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 4, 55; 4, 9, 47:

mulier quae se suamque aetatem spernit, speculo ei usus est,

id. Most. 1, 3, 93:

curatore usus est,

Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 10:

ad eam rem usus est tuā mihi operā,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 27:

tacere nequeo misera, quod tacito usus est,

id. Cist. 1, 2, 10:

argento invento,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 48:

facto,

id. Am. 1, 3, 7; id. Rud. 2, 3, 67; id. Stich. 1, 1, 56 al.:

dicto,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 102:

navis, quibus usus non est, omnis praecidisse,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3:

quibus (navibus) consuli usus non esset,

Liv. 30, 41, 8:

nunc viribus usus, Nunc manibus rapidis, omni nunc arte magistrā,

Verg. A. 8, 441:

ad eam rem usu'st homine astuto, docto, scito et callido,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151.—Pleonast.:

non usus facto'st mihi nunc hunc intro sequi,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 47.—

With ut:

nunc ad me ut veniat usu'st Acroteleutium,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 39; cf. Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 28 supra.—

With gen.:

alii offerunt se, si quo usus operae sit,

Liv. 26, 9, 9.—

Usus venit (not in Cic.):

si quis usus venerit, Meminisse ego hanc rem vos volo,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 28: quom ad praetorem usus veniet, id. Poen. 3, 4, 17; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 129:

si usus vene rit,

id. Merc. 3, 1, 20:

non usus veniet, spero,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 42:

ut, si usus veniat, suum quisque locum teneat,

if occasion should arise, Caes. B. G. 7, 80.—

With abl.:

ubi usus veniat contra consertā manu,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3.—

A fit occasion or opportunity to be used.

Usus est or adest, an occasion or opportunity offers:

de ceteris studiis alio loco dicemus, si usus fuerit,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 5.—

Esp.: usu venit, it happens, occurs, befalls, chances:

nam quid homini potest turpius, quid viro miserius aut acerbius usu venire?

Cic. Quint. 15, 49; id. Verr. 2, 5, 39, § 101:

si id culpa senectutis accideret, eadem mihi usu venirent,

id. Sen. 3, 7:

idem solet in demonstratione usu venire,

id. Inv. 1, 10, 14; 1, 54, 104:

quod item in poëmatis, in picturis usu venit,

id. Off. 3, 3, 15:

hoc illud eis usu venire solet, ut, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 11, 35:

cum praesertim mihi usu venturum non arbitrarer, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 6: et, id quod usu venerat, Eumolpidas demigravit, actually occurred (however strange), Nep. Alcib. 4, 5:

id quod numquam antea usu venerat,

id. ib. 6, 3:

praemeditatus, quid sibi esset usu venturum,

Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8:

Caesar biduum in iis locis moratus, quod haec de Vercingetorige usu ventura opinione perceperat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 9:

usu venire ut abhorreant, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 8.—Separated or in a reversed order:

non venit idem usu mihi quod tu tibi scribis,

Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

quod cuipiam Thraco venisse usu fabula est,

Gell. 19, 12, 6:

quid, quod usu memoria patrum venit, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 183.

verto ( vorto), ti, sum, 3 ( inf. vortier, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 48; Lucr. 1, 710; 2, 927; 5, 1199 al.), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. root vart-, to apply one's self, turn; cf. vart-ukas, round].

Act., to turn, to turn round or about (syn.: verso, contorqueo).

Lit.:

(luna) eam partem, quaecumque est ignibus aucta, Ad speciem vertit nobis,

Lucr. 5, 724:

speciem quo,

id. 4, 242:

ora huc et huc,

Hor. Epod. 4, 9:

terga,

Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 6:

gradu discedere verso,

id. M. 4, 338:

verso pede,

id. ib. 8, 869:

pennas,

i. e. to fly away, Prop. 2, 24, 22 (3, 19, 6):

cardinem,

Ov. M. 14, 782:

fores tacito cardine,

Tib. 1, 6, 12: cadum, to turn or tip up, Hor. C. 3, 29, 2:

versā pulvis inscribitur hastā,

inverted, Verg. A. 1, 478:

verte hac te, puere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 29; cf.:

verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus,

Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:

cum haesisset descendenti (virgini) stola, vertit se et recollegit,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9:

ante tuos quotiens verti me, perfida, postes,

Prop. 1, 16, 43:

Pompeiani se verterunt et loco cesserunt,

turned about, wheeled about, fled, Caes. B. C. 3, 51; cf.:

vertere terga,

to turn one's back, run away, betake one's self to flight, id. B. G. 1, 53; 3, 21; id. B. C. 1, 47; 3, 63 fin.; Liv. 1, 14, 9; cf.

also: hostem in fugam,

to put to flight, rout, id. 30, 33, 16;

Auct. B. Afr. 17: iter retro,

Liv. 28, 3, 1:

hiems (piscis) ad hoc mare,

Hor. Epod. 2, 52: fenestrae in viam versae, turned or directed towards, looking towards, Liv. 1, 41, 4; cf.:

mare ad occidentem versum,

id. 36, 15, 9:

Scytharum gens ab oriente ad septentrionem se vertit,

Curt. 7, 7, 3:

(Maeander) nunc ad fontes, nunc in mare versus,

Ov. M. 8, 165: terram aratro, to turn up or over, to plough, etc., Hor. S. 1, 1, 28:

ferro terram,

Verg. G. 1, 147:

glaebas (aratra),

Ov. M. 1, 425; 5, 477:

solum bidentibus,

Col. 4, 5:

agros bove,

Prop. 3, 7, 43 (4, 6, 43):

collem,

Col. 3, 13, 8:

freta lacertis (in rowing),

Verg. A. 5, 141:

ex illā pecuniā magnam partem ad se vortit,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57.—Mid.: vertier ad lapidem, to turn or incline one's self towards, Lucr. 5, 1199:

congressi... ad caedem vertuntur,

Liv. 1, 7, 2; so,

versi in fugam hostes,

Tac. H. 2, 26; cf.:

Philippis versa acies retro,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 26:

sinit hic violentis omnia verti Turbinibus,

to whirl themselves about, Lucr. 5, 503:

magnus caeli si vortitur orbis,

id. 5, 510:

vertitur interea caelum,

revolves, Verg. A. 2, 250:

squamarum serie a caudā ad caput versā,

reaching, Plin. 28, 8, 30, § 119.—

Trop.

In gen., to turn:

ne ea, quae reipublicae causa egerit, in suam contumeliam vertat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 8:

in suam rem litem vertendo,

Liv. 3, 72, 2:

usum ejus (olei) ad luxuriam vertere Graeci,

Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19; cf.:

aliquid in rem vertere,

turn to account, make profitable, Dig. 15, 3, 1 sqq.:

edocere, quo sese vertant sortes,

Enn. Trag. v. 64 Vahl.; Verg. A. 1, 671:

ne sibi vitio verterent, quod abesset a patriā,

Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

idque omen in Macedonum metum verterunt Tyrii,

Curt. 4, 2, 13:

in religionem vertentes comitia biennic habita,

making a matter of religious scruple, Liv. 5, 14, 2:

aquarum insolita magnitudo in religionem versa,

id. 30, 38, 10; cf. id. 26, 11, 3:

id ipsum quod iter belli esset obstructum, in prodigium et omen imminentium cladium vertebatur,

Tac. H. 1, 86 fin.:

vertere in se Cotyi data,

to appropriate, id. A. 2, 64:

perii! quid agam? quo me vertam?

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 1:

quo se verteret, non habebat,

Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74; id. Div. 2, 72, 149:

Philippus totus in Persea versus,

inclined towards him, Liv. 40, 5, 9:

toti in impetum atque iram versi,

id. 25, 16, 19:

si bellum omne eo vertat,

id. 26, 12, 13:

di vortant bene, Quod agas,

cause to turn out well, prosper, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 121; cf. infra, II. B.; so,

in melius somnia,

Tib. 3, 4, 95.—

In partic.

To turn, i. e. to change, aller, transform (syn. muto):

Juppiter In Amphitruonis vortit sese imaginem,

Plaut. Am. prol. 121:

in anginam ego nunc me velim vorti,

id. Most. 1. 3, 61:

omnes natura cibos in corpora viva Vertit,

Lucr. 2, 880: vertunt se fluvii frondes et pabula laeta In pecudes; vertunt pecudes [p. 1978] in corpora nostra Naturam, id. 2, 875 sq.; cf.:

cum terra in aquam se vertit,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 31:

verte omnis tete in facies,

Verg. A. 12, 891:

ego, quae memet in omnia verti,

id. ib. 7, 309:

tot sese vertit in ora,

id. ib. 7, 328:

inque deum de bove versus erat,

Ov. F. 5, 616:

Auster in Africum se vertit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26 fin.; cf. Liv. 30, 24, 7:

semina malorum in contrarias partes se vertere,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:

omnia versa et mutata in pejorem partem,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 103:

cur nunc tua quisquam Vertere jussa potest,

Verg. A. 10, 35:

hic continentiam et moderationem in superbiam ac lasciviam vertit,

Curt. 6, 6, 1; cf.:

fortuna hoc militiae probrum vertit in gloriam,

id. 9, 10, 28:

versus civitatis status,

Tac. A. 1, 4:

versis ad prospera fatis,

Ov. H. 16, 89: solum, to change one's country, i. e. to emigrate or go into exile, Cic. Balb. 11, 28; Amm. 15, 3, 11 et saep.; v. solum. —With abl. (rare and poet.):

nullā tamen alite verti Dignatur,

Ov. M. 10, 157; cf.

muto.—Prov.: in fumum et cinerem vertere,

to turn into smoke, dissipate, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 39.—Mid.:

omnia vertuntur: certe vertuntur amores,

Prop. 2, 8, 7 (9):

saevus apertam In rabiem coepit verti jocus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 149.—

To exchange, interchange: nos divitem istum meminimus adque iste pauperes nos;

vorterunt sese memoriae,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 11; cf.:

vorsis gladiis depugnarier,

id. Cas. 2, 5, 36.—

Of literary productions, to turn into another language, to translate (syn.:

transfero, interpretor, reddo): Philemo scripsit, Plautus vortit barbare,

Plaut. Trin. prol. 19:

si sic verterem Platonem, ut verteruntnostri poëtae fabulas,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7:

verti etiam multa de Graecis,

id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26:

annales Acilianos ex Graeco in Latinum sermonem vertit,

Liv. 25, 39, 12.—

To ply:

stimulos sub pectore vertit Apollo,

i. e. stimulates the fury, Verg. A. 6, 101.—

In partic., like our to turn upside down, i. e. to overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy (= everto):

Callicratidas cum multa fecisset egregie, vertit ad extremum omnia,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84:

agerent, verterent cuncta,

Tac. H. 1, 2; id. A. 2, 42; 3, 36:

Cycnum Vi multā,

Ov. M. 12, 139:

fluxas Phrygiae res fundo,

Verg. A. 10, 88; 1, 20; 2, 652:

vertere ab imo moenia Trojae,

id. ib. 5, 810:

Ilion fatalis incestusque judex... vertit in pulverem,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 20:

proceras fraxinos,

id. ib. 3, 25, 16:

ab imo regna,

Sen. Hippol. 562:

Penates,

id. Troad. 91:

puppem,

Luc. 3, 650:

fortunas,

Amm. 28, 3, 1.—

Mid., from the idea of turning round in a place, to be engaged in, to be in a place or condition; also to turn, rest, or depend upon a thing:

jam homo in mercaturā vortitur,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 109:

res in periculo vortitur,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 12; Phaedr. 2, 8, 19; so,

res vertitur in majore discrimine,

Liv. 6, 36, 7:

ipse catervis Vertitur in mediis,

Verg. A. 11, 683:

omnia in unius potestate ac moderatione vertentur,

Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 20; so,

spes civitatis in dictatore,

Liv. 4, 31, 4:

totum id in voluntate Philippi,

id. 37, 7, 8:

causa in jure,

Cic. Brut. 39, 145:

hic victoria,

Verg. A. 10, 529:

cum circa hanc consultationem disceptatio omnis verteretur,

Liv. 36, 7, 1:

puncto saepe temporis maximarum rerum momenta verti,

id. 3, 27, 7.— Impers.:

vertebatur, utrum manerent in Achaico concilio Lacedaemonii, an, etc.,

Liv. 39, 48, 3.—

To ascribe, refer:

quae fuerunt populis magis exitio quam fames morbique, quaeque alia in deum iras velut ultima malorum vertunt,

Liv. 4, 9, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:

cum omnium secundorum adversorumque in deos verterent,

id. 28, 11, 1.—

= considero; exercitum majorum more vortere, Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 408 dub. (Sall. H. inc. 51 Dietsch ad loc.).

Neutr., to turn one's self, direct one's way, to turn about, to turn.

Lit.:

depulsi aemulatione alio vertunt,

Tac. A. 1, 18:

eoque audaciae provectum ut verteret, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 10:

utinam mea vocula dominae vertat in auriculas!

Prop. 1, 16, 28:

versuros extemplo in fugam omnes ratus,

Liv. 38, 26, 8 (but in Lucr. 5, 617 the correct read. is cancri se ut vortat).—

Trop., to turn, change, etc.:

jam verterat fortuna,

Liv. 5, 49, 5:

libertatem aliorum in suam vertisse servitutem conquerebantur,

id. 2, 3, 3:

totae solidam in glaciem vertere lacunae,

Verg. G. 3, 365: verterat pernicies in accusatorem, Tac. A. 11, 37:

quod si esset factum, detrimentum in bonum verteret,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73 fin.:

ea ludificatio veri in verum vertit,

Liv. 26, 6, 16: talia incepta, ni in consultorem vertissent, reipublicae pestem factura, against, Sall. H. inc. 89 Dietsch:

neque inmerito suum ipsorum exemplum in eos versurum,

Liv. 7, 38, 6:

si malus est, male res vortunt, quas agit,

turn out badly, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 5; so,

quae res tibi vertat male,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 37:

quod bene vertat, castra Albanos Romanis castris jungere jubet (= cum bonis omnibus),

Liv. 1, 28, 1; 3, 62, 5; 3, 35, 8:

quod bene verteret,

Curt. 5, 4, 12; 7, 11, 14:

hos illi (quod nec vertat bene), mittimus haedos,

Verg. E. 9, 6.—

Annus, mensis vertens, the course or space of a year, of a month:

anno vertente sine controversiā (petisses),

Cic. Quint. 12, 40; so,

anno vertente,

id. N. D. 2, 20, 53; Nep. Ages. 4, 4; cf.:

apparuisse numen deorum intra finem anni vertentis,

Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 22:

tu si hanc emeris, Numquam hercle hunc mensem vortentem, credo, servibit tibi,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 76; Macr. S. 1, 14.—

Pregn.: annus vertens, the great year or cycle of the celestial bodies (a space of 15,000 solar years), Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24.—Hence, ver-sus ( vors-), or (much less freq.) ver-sum ( vors-), adv., turned in the direction of, towards a thing; usu. after the name of a place to which motion is directed (orig. a part., turned towards, facing, etc., and so always in Livy; cf. Liv. 1, 18, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.; 1, 41, 4; 9, 2, 15).

Form versus (vors-).

After ad and acc.:

T. Labienum ad Oceanum versus... proficisci jubet,

Caes. B. G. 6, 33: ad Alpes versus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

ad Cercinam insulam versus, Auct. B. Afr. 8, 3: ad Cordubam versus, Auct. B. Hisp. 11: modo ad Urbem, modo in Galliam versus,

Sall. C. 56, 4. —

After in and acc.:

in agrum versus,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10:

in forum versus,

Cic. Lael. 25, 96:

in Arvernos versus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 8: si in urbem versus venturi erunt, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 78 (82), 3.—

After acc. alone (class. only with names of towns and small islands):

verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus,

Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:

Brundisium versus,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 3:

Ambraciam versus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 36:

Massiliam versus,

id. ib. 2, 3:

Narbonem versus,

id. B. G. 7, 7.—

After other advv.:

deorsum versus,

Cato, R. R. 156, 4:

sursum versus,

Cic. Or. 39, 135:

dimittit quoquo versus legationes,

Caes. B. G. 7, 4:

ut quaedam vocabula utroque versus dicantur,

Gell. 5, 12, 10; cf. the adverbs deorsum, sursum, etc.—

Form versum (vors-).

After ad and acc.:

animadvertit fugam ad se versum fieri,

Sall. J. 58, 4.—

After other advv.:

cunas rursum vorsum trahere,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 60 (63):

lumbis deorsum versum pressis,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 5:

vineam sursum vorsum semper ducito,

Cato, R. R. 33, 1:

cum undique versum circumfluat,

Gell. 12, 13, 20:

utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 8.

, but no ancient authority can be safely cited for this use. The true readings are:

in Italiam versus,

Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 1:

adversus aedem,

Liv. 8, 20, 8:

in forum versus,

Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 121; and perh. in oppidum, Auct. B. Hisp. 21.

con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

populum in forum,

Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

exercitum in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

eo copias omnes,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

copias suas,

id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

auxilia,

Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

dispersas suorum copias,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

virgines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

omnis clientes suos eodem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

milites in unum,

Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of inanimate objects:

vineas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

nubila,

Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —

Esp.,

Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.

Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

partes in unum,

Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

cortice ramos,

Ov. M. 4, 375:

lac,

to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

conducere musculum aut laxare,

to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

vulnera cerā,

to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —

Trop.:

propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

Arn. 4, p. 146:

dies adeo conductus,

i. e. short, Sol. 22.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).

To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

aedes aliquas mihi,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

hortum,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

habitationem in annum,

Dig. 19, 2, 19:

ad certum tempus,

ib. 19, 2, 14:

insulam,

ib. 19, 2, 30:

conduxi domum a te,

Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

nummos,

to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

pecuniam,

Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

cocum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

meretricem,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

torum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

praeceptores publice,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

choragum,

Suet. Aug. 70:

homines,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

mercede aliquem,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

mercede diurnā conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

pictorem magno pretio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.

conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

bella conducta,

carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —

conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

locati conducti,

ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—

To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

caedundos agnos,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

mulierem vehendam nave,

ib. 19, 2, 19:

aliquem docendum,

ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

vectigalia,

to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

tabulas in Italiam portandas,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

portorium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —

Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.

With in:

quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

in commune,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

With ad:

ad ventris victum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

ad vitae commoditatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

maxime rei publicae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

tuae laudi,

id. Fam. 13, 48:

nostris rationibus,

id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

maxime sibi,

Quint. 11, 1, 12:

alvo citae (vinum),

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

proposito,

Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

imbres non conducunt vitibus,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—

Absol.:

dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

populum in forum,

Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

exercitum in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

eo copias omnes,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

copias suas,

id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

auxilia,

Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

dispersas suorum copias,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

virgines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

omnis clientes suos eodem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

milites in unum,

Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of inanimate objects:

vineas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

nubila,

Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —

Esp.,

Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.

Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

partes in unum,

Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

cortice ramos,

Ov. M. 4, 375:

lac,

to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

conducere musculum aut laxare,

to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

vulnera cerā,

to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —

Trop.:

propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

Arn. 4, p. 146:

dies adeo conductus,

i. e. short, Sol. 22.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).

To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

aedes aliquas mihi,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

hortum,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

habitationem in annum,

Dig. 19, 2, 19:

ad certum tempus,

ib. 19, 2, 14:

insulam,

ib. 19, 2, 30:

conduxi domum a te,

Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

nummos,

to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

pecuniam,

Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

cocum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

meretricem,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

torum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

praeceptores publice,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

choragum,

Suet. Aug. 70:

homines,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

mercede aliquem,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

mercede diurnā conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

pictorem magno pretio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.

conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

bella conducta,

carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —

conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

locati conducti,

ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—

To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

caedundos agnos,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

mulierem vehendam nave,

ib. 19, 2, 19:

aliquem docendum,

ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

vectigalia,

to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

tabulas in Italiam portandas,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

portorium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —

Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.

With in:

quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

in commune,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

With ad:

ad ventris victum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

ad vitae commoditatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

maxime rei publicae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

tuae laudi,

id. Fam. 13, 48:

nostris rationibus,

id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

maxime sibi,

Quint. 11, 1, 12:

alvo citae (vinum),

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

proposito,

Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

imbres non conducunt vitibus,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—

Absol.:

dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

populum in forum,

Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

exercitum in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

eo copias omnes,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

copias suas,

id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

auxilia,

Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

dispersas suorum copias,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

virgines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

omnis clientes suos eodem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

milites in unum,

Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of inanimate objects:

vineas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

nubila,

Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —

Esp.,

Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.

Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

partes in unum,

Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

cortice ramos,

Ov. M. 4, 375:

lac,

to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

conducere musculum aut laxare,

to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

vulnera cerā,

to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —

Trop.:

propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

Arn. 4, p. 146:

dies adeo conductus,

i. e. short, Sol. 22.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).

To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

aedes aliquas mihi,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

hortum,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

habitationem in annum,

Dig. 19, 2, 19:

ad certum tempus,

ib. 19, 2, 14:

insulam,

ib. 19, 2, 30:

conduxi domum a te,

Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

nummos,

to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

pecuniam,

Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

cocum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

meretricem,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

torum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

praeceptores publice,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

choragum,

Suet. Aug. 70:

homines,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

mercede aliquem,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

mercede diurnā conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

pictorem magno pretio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.

conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

bella conducta,

carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —

conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

locati conducti,

ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—

To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

caedundos agnos,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

mulierem vehendam nave,

ib. 19, 2, 19:

aliquem docendum,

ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

vectigalia,

to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

tabulas in Italiam portandas,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

portorium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —

Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.

With in:

quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

in commune,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

With ad:

ad ventris victum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

ad vitae commoditatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

maxime rei publicae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

tuae laudi,

id. Fam. 13, 48:

nostris rationibus,

id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

maxime sibi,

Quint. 11, 1, 12:

alvo citae (vinum),

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

proposito,

Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

imbres non conducunt vitibus,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—

Absol.:

dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.