the single combat

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pugna, ae, f. [root pug, in pugno and pungo; cf. pugil], prop. a fight fist to fist, man to man; hence, in gen., a fight between individuals or armies, a battle, combat, action, engagement (cf.: dimicatio, proelium).

Lit.:

dictator eam pugnam laudibus tulit (of the single combat of Torquatus),

Liv. 7, 10 fin.:

nonnumquam res ad manus atque ad pugnam veniebat,

came to blows, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28; Liv. 2, 46:

diuturnitate pugnae defessi proelio excedebant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 3:

alii nuntiant dictatori omnes legiones Etruscorum capessisse pugnam,

Liv. 10, 5, 41:

ex omnibus pugnis (Pompeii), quae sunt innumerabiles,

Cic. Mur. 16, 34:

exitus pugnarum,

id. Mil. 21, 56:

equestris,

a cavalry action, id. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 122:

magna,

Liv. 22, 7:

pedestris,

Verg. A. 11, 707:

Actia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 61:

navalis,

Nep. Arist. 2, 1:

gladiatorum,

Suet. Aug. 45:

prospera,

Suet. Calig. 35:

mala,

Sall. J. 56, 3; Cic. Div. 2, 25, 54:

singularis,

a duel, Macr. S. 5, 2.—

Transf.

Troops drawn up for battle, a line of battle (rare):

ordinata per principes hastatosque ac triarios pugna,

Liv. 22, 5:

mediam pugnam tueri,

the middle line, central division, id. 22, 45; cf.:

segregat pugnam eorum,

id. 1, 25:

pugnam mutare,

Curt. 3, 2, 14.—

A battle, contest, dispute, quarrel, in gen. (rare but class.):

dabo aliam pugnam magnam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 110:

pugnam conserui seni,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 43; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 60:

quanta pugna est doctissimorum hominum,

Cic. Div. 2, 51, 105:

initurus forensium certaminum pugnam,

Quint. 5, 12, 22; 8, 6, 1; 5, 7, 35:

pugna inter testem et patronum,

id. 6, 4, 21:

rerum naturae pugna secum,

Plin. 2, 33, 38, § 102:

audiet pugnas juventus,

stories of battle, Hor. C. 1, 2, 23:

pugnas bibit aure vulgus,

id. ib. 2, 13, 31.—In mal. part., Mart. 10, 38, 6.

dē-pugno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.

To fight eagerly, fight out; to contend, combat violently.

Prop. (freq. and class.):

collatis signis,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; cf. Liv. 34, 46:

acie instructā, * Caes, B. G. 7, 28: multi depugnant gemitusque edunt,

Lucr. 4, 1015:

haud procul moenibus,

Liv. 10, 37; cf. id. 34, 46; 40, 34:

adversus aliquem,

Front. Strat. 2, 4, 6 et saep.:

Torquatus cum Gallo apud Anienem depugnavit,

Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 73:

ad depugnandum,

Nep. Them. 4, 4;

so of single combat,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 22; id. Fin. 2, 22, 73; Suet. Caes. 39;

and as a t. t. of gladiatorial combats,

id. ib. 2, 17 fin.; Asin. Pollio, ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3; Quint. 8, 5, 12 Spald.;

in the latter sense also with an object: feram,

Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 6; cf.

bestias,

ib. 48, 8, 11.— Pass. impers.:

ante depugnabitur,

Cic. Att. 16, 11, 6: so,

depugnarier,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 36:

depugnatum est,

Liv. 7, 26; 9, 39.—

Transf. out of the milit. sphere:

cum animo suo,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 29:

cum fame,

id. Stich. 4, 2, 47:

morti,

Sil. 10, 475.—And in a figure borrowed from the lang. of gladiators:

unum par, quod depugnet, reliquum est voluptas cum honestate,

Cic. Ac. 2, 46; cf.:

natura atque luxuria depugnant (flores),

rival one another, Plin. 21, 8, 22, § 46: indocti stolidique et depugnare parati, * Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 184.—

To fight to the end, stop fighting: depugnato proelio, " the day after the fair," Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 31.

proelĭum ( prael-), ii, n. [etym. dub.; perh. for provilium, pro-dvilium; cf. duellum (bellum)], a battle, combat (class.; syn.: pugna, dimicatio).

Lit.:

induperatores pugnare ac proelia obire,

Lucr. 4, 967:

non proeliis, neque acie bellum gerere,

Sall. J. 54, 5:

exitus proeliorum,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 1:

proelium facere,

to engage, id. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:

inire,

Liv. 25, 38:

committere cum aliquo,

Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

redintegrare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

restituere,

id. ib. 53:

conficere,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 28:

miscere,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 28:

proelio dimicare cum hoste,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

proeliis decertare,

id. Prov. Cons. 13, 33:

proelium sumere,

to join battle, engage, Tac. H. 2, 42:

singulare,

single combat, Aus. Per. Iliad. 7:

Punica passi proelia,

the wars with Carthage, Juv. 14, 162.—

Transf.

Of animals ( poet.):

proelia dant cervi,

Verg. G. 3, 265:

(taurorum),

id. ib. 3, 220; cf. Hor. C. 3, 20, 4; 3, 13, 5.—

Of inanimate subjects ( poet.):

ventorum proelia,

Verg. G. 1, 318.—

A warrior:

Colchis flagrantes adamantina sub juga tauros Egit et armigera proelia sevit humo,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 10:

trepidum si Martis operti agricolam infandis condentem proelia sulcis expediam,

Stat. Th. 1, 8.—

Trop.

Contest, strife (class.):

proelia te meā causā sustinere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 11, 2:

committere proelia voce,

Ov. M. 5, 307; id. Am. 1, 8, 96.—Humorously, of a struggle with food and drink:

in eo uterque proelio potabimus,

Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 3:

sed quid cessamus proelium committere?

id. Pers. 1, 3, 32.—

In mal. part., Prop. 2, 1, 45:

veneris,

App. M. 5, p. 168, 6.

ŏpīmus, a, um, adj. [ob, and obsolete pimo, to swell, make fat; akin to Gr. piôn, pimelê; cf. pinguis], fat, rich, plump, corpulent; of a country, etc., rich, fertile, fruitful.

Lit.:

regio opima et fertilis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14:

campus,

Liv. 31, 41:

arva,

Verg. A. 2, 782:

Larissa,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 11:

vitis,

Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 36.—Of living beings:

boves,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 100:

victima,

Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49:

habitus corporis,

Cic. Brut. 16, 64:

stabulis qualis leo saevit opimis,

of fat cattle, Val. Fl. 6, 613.— Comp.:

membra opimiora,

Gell. 5, 14, 25.— Sup.:

boves septem opimissimos,

Tert. ad Nat. 2, 8.—

Trop.

Enriched, rich:

opimus praedā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 132:

accusatio,

enriching, gainful, id. Fl. 33, 81:

alterius macrescit rebus opimis,

i. e. prosperity, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 57:

cadavera,

from which their spoilers enrich themselves, Val. Fl. 3, 143:

opus opimum casibus,

rich in events, Tac. H. 1, 2.—

In gen., rich, abundant, copious, sumptuous, noble, splendid: dote altili atque opimā, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 72, 18:

divitiae,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 31:

opima praeclaraque praeda,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8:

dapes,

Verg. A. 3, 224:

quaestus,

Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 142:

palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 181:

animam exhalare opimam,

victorious, Juv. 10, 281. —So esp.:

opima spolia,

the arms taken on the field of battle by the victorious from the vanquished general, the spoils of honor, Liv. 1, 10; 4, 20; cf.:

aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,

Verg. A. 6, 856.—Also, in gen., the arms taken from an enemy's general in single combat, Liv. 23, 46; Verg. A. 10, 449; cf. Fest. p. 186 Müll.:

opimum belli decus,

honorable, high, noble, Curt. 7, 4, 40:

triumphus,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 51:

gloria,

Val. Max. 4, 4, 10 fin. —As subst.: ŏpīma, ōrum, n., honorable spoils, Plin. Pan. 17.—

In rhet., gross, overloaded:

opimum quoddam et tamquam adipale dictionis genus,

Cic. Or. 8, 25:

Pindarus nimis opimā pinguique facundiā esse existimabatur,

Gell. 17, 10, 8.— Hence, adv.: ŏpīmē, richly, sumptuously, splendidly (ante-class.):

instructa domus opime atque opipare,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 6; Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.

ŏpīmus, a, um, adj. [ob, and obsolete pimo, to swell, make fat; akin to Gr. piôn, pimelê; cf. pinguis], fat, rich, plump, corpulent; of a country, etc., rich, fertile, fruitful.

Lit.:

regio opima et fertilis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14:

campus,

Liv. 31, 41:

arva,

Verg. A. 2, 782:

Larissa,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 11:

vitis,

Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 36.—Of living beings:

boves,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 100:

victima,

Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49:

habitus corporis,

Cic. Brut. 16, 64:

stabulis qualis leo saevit opimis,

of fat cattle, Val. Fl. 6, 613.— Comp.:

membra opimiora,

Gell. 5, 14, 25.— Sup.:

boves septem opimissimos,

Tert. ad Nat. 2, 8.—

Trop.

Enriched, rich:

opimus praedā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 132:

accusatio,

enriching, gainful, id. Fl. 33, 81:

alterius macrescit rebus opimis,

i. e. prosperity, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 57:

cadavera,

from which their spoilers enrich themselves, Val. Fl. 3, 143:

opus opimum casibus,

rich in events, Tac. H. 1, 2.—

In gen., rich, abundant, copious, sumptuous, noble, splendid: dote altili atque opimā, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 72, 18:

divitiae,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 31:

opima praeclaraque praeda,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8:

dapes,

Verg. A. 3, 224:

quaestus,

Plin. 10, 51, 72, § 142:

palma negata macrum, donata reducit opimum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 181:

animam exhalare opimam,

victorious, Juv. 10, 281. —So esp.:

opima spolia,

the arms taken on the field of battle by the victorious from the vanquished general, the spoils of honor, Liv. 1, 10; 4, 20; cf.:

aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,

Verg. A. 6, 856.—Also, in gen., the arms taken from an enemy's general in single combat, Liv. 23, 46; Verg. A. 10, 449; cf. Fest. p. 186 Müll.:

opimum belli decus,

honorable, high, noble, Curt. 7, 4, 40:

triumphus,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 51:

gloria,

Val. Max. 4, 4, 10 fin. —As subst.: ŏpīma, ōrum, n., honorable spoils, Plin. Pan. 17.—

In rhet., gross, overloaded:

opimum quoddam et tamquam adipale dictionis genus,

Cic. Or. 8, 25:

Pindarus nimis opimā pinguique facundiā esse existimabatur,

Gell. 17, 10, 8.— Hence, adv.: ŏpīmē, richly, sumptuously, splendidly (ante-class.):

instructa domus opime atque opipare,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 6; Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.

Pā̆trō̆clus, i (collat. form Pā̆trĭcŏles, is, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38; cf. Enn. p. 92 Vahl.—Gr. acc. Patroclon, Prop. 2, 8, 33 Müll.; al. Patroclen), m., = Patroklos and Patroklês.

Son of Menœtius and Sthenele, the friend of Achilles, slain in single combat by Hector, Hyg. Fab. 97; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73 al.—

A man, otherwise unknown, from whom the Patroclianae sellae (i. e. latrinae) take their name, Mart. 12, 77, 9.—

The name of an elephant of king Antiochus, Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 12.

Pā̆trō̆clus, i (collat. form Pā̆trĭcŏles, is, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38; cf. Enn. p. 92 Vahl.—Gr. acc. Patroclon, Prop. 2, 8, 33 Müll.; al. Patroclen), m., = Patroklos and Patroklês.

Son of Menœtius and Sthenele, the friend of Achilles, slain in single combat by Hector, Hyg. Fab. 97; Ov. P. 1, 3, 73 al.—

A man, otherwise unknown, from whom the Patroclianae sellae (i. e. latrinae) take their name, Mart. 12, 77, 9.—

The name of an elephant of king Antiochus, Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 12.

torquātus, a, um, adj. [torques], adorned with a neck-chain or collar. In gen.:

miles,

presented with a chain for his bravery, Veg. Mil. 2, 7 fin.:

affuit Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,

with snakes coiled about her neck, Ov. H. 2, 119:

palumbus,

the ring-dove, Mart. 13, 67, 1: quid de aliis dicimus, qui calamistratos et torquatos habeant in ministerio, Amhros. Ep. 69, 7.

Torquātus, i, m. [1. torquatus], the surname of T. Manlius, so called because he put on the neck-chain of a Gaul whom he slew in single combat; also, of his descendants, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 19; Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23; id. Off. 3, 31, 112; Liv. 7, 10; Flor. 1, 13.— Adj.:

Torquata nomina,

Luc. 7, 584.—Hence, Torquātĭānus, a, um, of or belonging to a Torquatus, Torquatian:

horti,

Front. Aquaed. 5.

torquātus, a, um, adj. [torques], adorned with a neck-chain or collar. In gen.:

miles,

presented with a chain for his bravery, Veg. Mil. 2, 7 fin.:

affuit Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,

with snakes coiled about her neck, Ov. H. 2, 119:

palumbus,

the ring-dove, Mart. 13, 67, 1: quid de aliis dicimus, qui calamistratos et torquatos habeant in ministerio, Amhros. Ep. 69, 7.

Torquātus, i, m. [1. torquatus], the surname of T. Manlius, so called because he put on the neck-chain of a Gaul whom he slew in single combat; also, of his descendants, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 19; Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23; id. Off. 3, 31, 112; Liv. 7, 10; Flor. 1, 13.— Adj.:

Torquata nomina,

Luc. 7, 584.—Hence, Torquātĭānus, a, um, of or belonging to a Torquatus, Torquatian:

horti,

Front. Aquaed. 5.

hărēna (better than ărēna, Bramb. s. v. Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 422, and v. infra), ae, f. [Sabin. fas-ena; from Sanscr. root bhas-, to shine, gleam, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 102].

Prop., sand (syn.:

sabulum, glarea, suburra): harenae tria genera,

Plin. 36, 23, 54, § 175:

magnus congestus harenae,

Lucr. 6, 724; 726:

litoris incurvi bibulam pavit aequor harenam,

the thirsty sand of the curved shore, id. 2, 376; so,

bibula harena,

Verg. G. 1, 114 (Rib. and Forbig., but Conington arena):

sicca,

id. ib. 1, 389:

sterilis,

id. ib. 1, 70:

mollis,

Ov. M. 2, 577:

opaci omnis harena Tagi, i. e. the gold it was believed to contain,

Juv. 3, 55 (cf. Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 115):

nivis more incidens,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 30, 2.— Poet.:

harena nigra, = limus,

slime, mud, Verg. G. 4, 292.— Plur. (postAug.; its use is said by Gell. 19, 8, 3, to have been ridiculed by Cæsar as a verbi vitium):

arenae carae, of the golden sands of Pactolus,

Ov. M. 11, 88 Merk.:

quem (delphina) postquam bibulis inlisit fluctus harenis,

id. H. 18, 201:

summae cauda verruntur arenae,

id. M. 10, 701 Merk.; so id. ib. 2, 456; 865; 11, 231; 499; 15, 268; 279; Stat. S. 4, 3, 23 Queck; Col. 1 praef. 24;

but harenae,

Ov. Am. 2, 11, 47; Verg. G. 2, 106; 3, 350; Hor. C. 3, 4, 31 K. and H.:

arenarum inculta vastitas,

Sen. Q. N. 1 prol. 8;

of the bottom of the sea: furit aestus harenis,

Verg. A. 1, 107:

aestu miscentur harenae,

id. ib. 3, 557.—Prov.

Quid harenae semina mandas? Ov. H. 5, 115; cf. id. Tr. 5, 4, 48.—

Ex incomprehensibili pravitate arenae funis effici non potest, Col. 10 praef. § 4.—

Arena sine calce, said by Caligula of Seneca, because his sentences seem like independent maxims, without connection, Suet. Cal. 53.—

Of vast numbers:

sicut arena quae est in litore maris,

Vulg. Judic. 7, 12; id. Gen. 22, 17.—

Meton.

In gen., sand, sands, a sandy place:

ut cum urbis vendiderit, tum arenam aliquam emat,

Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 71 B. and K.—

Esp.

A sandy desert, waste (mostly post-Aug.):

cum super Libycas victor penderet arenas,

Ov. M. 4, 617; Luc. 2, 417:

nigras inter harenas,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 83:

Memnonis effigies, disjectas inter et vix pervias arenas,

Tac. A. 2, 61.—

The shore of the sea, the beach, coast, strand:

cum mare permotum ventis ruit intus harenam,

Lucr. 6, 726: litoream arenam sulcare, Ov. M. 15, 725:

doque leves saltus udaeque inmittor arenae,

id. ib. 3, 599:

multaque perpessae (carinae) Phrygia potiuntur arena,

id. ib. 12, 38:

sub noctem potitur classis arena,

id. ib. 13, 729.—So sing., Verg. A. 1, 540; 5, 34; 6, 316; 11, 626 al.—

The place of combat in the amphitheatre (strewn with sand), the arena:

in amphitheatri arena,

Suet. Ner. 53; id. Tit. 8:

missus in arenam aper,

id. Tib. 72; id. Aug. 43:

comminus ursos figebat Numidas Albana nudus harena venator,

Juv. 4, 100; 2, 144; 8, 206:

juvenes in arenam luxuria projecit,

Sen. Ep. 99, 13.—

Transf.

A combat in the amphitheatre:

in harenam se dare,

Dig. 11, 4, 5 fin.:

operas arenae promittere,

Tac. A. 14, 14:

in opera scaenae arenaeque edenda,

Suet. Tib. 35:

scaenae arenaeque devotus,

id. Cal. 30.—

The combatants in the arena: cum et juris idem (i. e. testandi libertas) contingat harenae, the gladiators have the right, etc., Juv. 6, 217.—

Harena urens, volcanic fire, lava:

Aetna ingentem vim arenae urentis effudit,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 30, 1.—

Trop., the place of combat, scene or theatre of any contest (war, a single battle, a dispute, etc.):

civilis belli arena,

Flor. 4, 2, 18; 4, 7, 6; cf. id. 3, 21, 1; Luc. 6, 63:

in harena mea, hoc est apud centumviros,

Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 2.

dē-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (the syncop. forms decreram, etc., decrerim, etc., decresse are freq. in Cicero and Liv., also Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 25; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 73; 2, 1, 15, but not in Caes., where is only decreverat, B. G. 4, 17; 5, 5 fin.; 5, 53, 2), v. a. and n.

(acc. to cerno, no. II. 3.) To decide, determine any thing disputed or doubtful. For syn. cf.: scisco, jubeo, statuo, constituo, dico, sancio, consilium capio, destino, obstino, definio, determino.

Prop., of a judge, magistrate, etc., to pronounce a decision respecting something; to decide, judge, determine, decree; to vote for any thing (very freq. and class.).—Const. with acc., with acc. et inf., a relat. clause, with de, or absol.:

alias (Verres praetor) revocabat eos, inter quos jam decreverat decretumque mutabat, alias, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46:

si quod est admissum facinus, si caedes facta, idem (Druides) decernunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 5:

consules de consilii sententia decreverunt secundum Buthrotios,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, § 11: decernere vindicias secundum servitutem, in favor of slavery, i. e. restore the slave to his master, Liv. 3, 47, 5; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4:

cum senatus triumphum Africano decerneret,

id. Fin. 4, 9, 22; cf.

of a single senator: non decrevi solum, sed etiam ut vos decerneretis laboravi,

id. Prov. Cons. 11, 28;

so supplicationem decernere,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 11;

so also: Crassus tres legatos decernit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 3:

D. Junius silanus supplicium sumendum decreverat,

Sall. C. 50, 4:

quando id bellum senatus decrevisset, quando id bellum populus R. jussisset?

Liv. 41, 7; 42, 36; id. 5, 36; id. 26, 2:

id quod senatus me auctore decrevit,

Cic. Phil. 6, 1, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 2:

qui ordo decrevit invitus,

on compulsion, Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13:

Ligures ambobus consulibus decernuntur,

id. Liv. 42, 10; cf.:

provinciam desponsam non decretam habere,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 15 (v. the whole passage in connection):

provinciae privatis decernuntur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 6, 4 et saep.:

ex annuo sumptu, qui mihi decretus esset,

Cic. Att. 7, 1, 6 et saep.:

mea virtute atque diligentia perditorum hominum patefactam esse conjurationem decrevistis,

id. Cat. 4, 3: cum pontifices decressent ita;

SI, etc.,

id. Att. 4, 2, 3:

senatus decrevit populusque jussit, ut, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 67: in jure dicundo, ita decrevit, ut, etc., Suet. Galb. 7; cf.

of individuals: Hortensii et mea et Luculli sententia... tibi decernit, ut regem reducas, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3.— Impers.:

in parricidas rei publicae decretum esse,

Sall. Cat. 51, 25.—Esp. of the emperor, to determine the law by deciding a case:

quodcumque imperator cognoscens decrevit, legem esse constat,

Dig. 1, 4, 1, § 1; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6.

Transf., beyond the judicial sphere, to decide, determine, judge: qui nequeas nostrorum uter sit Amphitruo decernere, Plaut. fragm. ap. Non. 285, 26:

rem dubiam decrevit vox opportune emissa,

Liv. 5, 55; cf.:

primus clamor atque impetus rem decrevit,

id. 25, 41; Plin. 17, 27, 46, § 258:

de his Catonis praecepta decernent,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 190:

duo talenta pro re nostra ego esse decrevi satis,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 67; id. Hec. 4, 1, 27:

quam decrerim me non posse diutius habere,

id. ib. 1, 2, 73:

in quo omnia mea posita esse decrevi,

Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 3; id. Att. 3, 15, 7:

illum decrerunt dignum, suos cui liberos committerent,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15:

in ejus controversiis quid decernas, non a te peto,

Cic. Fam. 13, 59: aliquem decernere hostem, to proclaim one an enemy by a formal decree, id. Phil. 11, 7, 16.— Absol.:

nequeo satis decernere,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 5.

Milit., to decide by combat; hence (like cernere and certare), in gen., to fight, combat, contend:

castra castris conferamus, et Samnis Romanusne imperio Italiam regant, decernamus,

Liv. 8, 23, 9; id. 1, 23, 9:

in ipso illo gladiatorio vitae certamine, quod ferro decernitur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317:

proelium,

id. Fam. 10, 10:

pugnam,

Liv. 28, 14; cf. id. ib. 33: de bello decernere, Auct. B. Hisp. 5 fin. Oud. N. cr.:

ne armis decernatur,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; cf.:

ferro ancipiti decernunt,

Verg. A. 7, 525:

and armis, ferro,

id. ib. 11, 218; 12, 282; 695 (cf. et cernere ferro, id. ib. 709):

cursibus et crudo caestu,

id. G. 3, 20:

cornibus inter se,

id. ib. 218:

lapidibus et subselliorum fragminibus,

Suet. Ner. 26 et saep.:

contra magnam vim hostium, artificio magis quam viribus, Auct. B. Afr. 14: acie,

Liv. 2, 14; Nep. Milt. 4, 4:

proelio cum proditore,

Just. 13, 8, 4:

classe decreturi,

Nep. Hann. 10, 4:

integriore exercitu,

id. Eum. 9 fin.—Absol.:

decernendi potestatem Pompeio fecit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 41; cf. Liv. 21, 41.

Transf., beyond the milit. sphere:

decernite criminibus, mox ferro decreturi,

Liv. 40, 8 fin. —So of a judicial contest:

uno judicio de fortunis omnibus decernit,

Cic. Quint. 2, 6; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 29;

and qui judicio decernent,

id. 12, 7, 5:

de salute reipublicae,

Cic. Att. 8, 5, 2:

pro mea omni fama fortunisque,

id. de Or. 2, 49:

utinam meo solum capite decernerem,

id. Att. 10, 9; Caes. B. C. 1, 35, 3.

With reference to one's own acts, to decide, determine on doing something; to determine, resolve on something (freq. in all periods and styles).—Constr., with inf. and with acc. and inf.:

si tu fluctus e gurgite tollere decreris, Lucil. ap. Rufin. § 26 (p. 238 ed. Frotsch.): quicquid peperisset decreverunt tollere,

Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 14:

Caesar his de causis Rhenum transire decreverat,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17 et saep.:

eos me decretum est persequi mores patris,

Plaut. Asin. 1, 1, 58; id. Stich. 1, 3, 65; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 56; cf.:

certum atque decretum est non dare signum,

Liv. 2, 45:

reliquam aetatem a republica procul habendam decrevi,

Sall. C. 4. With ut and subjunct.:

hic decernit ut miser sit,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 65.—With accus.:

quicquam decernere,

id. ib. —Hence, dē-crētum, i, n.

(Acc. to no. I. A.) A decree, decision, ordinance of any political or judicial body (for syn. cf.:

scitum, edictum, consilium, jus): senatus Caelium ab rep. removendum censuit. Hoc decreto eum consul senatu prohibuit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 3:

si qui eorum (sc. Druidum) decreto non stetit, sacrificiis interdicunt,

id. B. G. 6, 13, 5; cf. id. ib. §

10: vestra responsa atque decreta evertuntur saepe dicendo,

Cic. Mur. 13 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48:

decurionum,

id. Rosc. Am. 9, 25 et saep.:

Caesaris,

Vulg. Act. 17, 7.—Esp. leg. t. t., a decision of the emperor as judge, a precedent (cf. rescriptum), Gai. 1, 5; Just. Inst. 2, 15, 4.—

Transf., in philos. lang. as a translation of the Gr. dogma, principle, doctrine, precept, Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 27; id. ib. § 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 2 sq. and 95, 9 sq. (quis philoso, phorum) decretis suis paret? Lact. 3, 15, 3.