the+fame

cĕlē̆brĭtas, ātis, f. [id.].

A great number, a multitude, a large assembly, a numerous concourse or gathering, a crowd (syn. frequentia; opp. solitudo;

in good prose): in multitudine et celebritate judiciorum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 4; cf. Tac. A. 16, 29: odi celebritatem; fugio homines;

esset mihi ista solitudo non amara,

Cic. Att. 3, 7, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 13, 1; id. Off. 3, 1, 3; Quint. 1, 2, 18: in celebritate versari, to live in society, Nep. praef. §

6: virorum ac mulierum,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 65:

audientium,

Quint. 1, 2, 29 al.:

loci,

Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 7; Tac. A. 3, 9:

viae,

Cic. Att. 3, 14, 2; Tac. H. 2, 64:

totius Graeciae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 9.—

Meton.

A festal celebration, a solemnity:

supremi diei,

a solemn procession for the dead, Cic. Mil. 32, 86; cf. Liv. 30, 38, 12.—

Fame, renown, celebrity:

celebritas sermonis hominum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 19, 20:

causa celebritatis et nominis,

id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

famae,

id. Tusc. 1, 12, 28:

nominis,

Sall. H. Fragm. 5, 6, p. 243 Gerl.; Suet. Gram. 23:

in docendo,

Gell. 7, 17, 1:

aeris,

Plin. 34, 1, 2, § 2; v. Sillig N cr.

con-sūmo, sumpsi, sumptum, 3 ( perf. sync. consumpsti, Prop. 1, 3, 37; inf. consumpse, Lucr. 1, 234), v. a., to take wholly or completely, i. e.,

Lit.

In gen. (post-Aug. and rare):

vasti surgunt immensis torquibus orbes, tergaque consumunt pelagus,

take up, completely cover, Manil. 5, 584:

tela omnia solus pectore consumo,

Sil. 5, 640; cf.:

clipeo tela,

id. 10, 129:

jugulo ensem,

Stat. Th. 10, 813:

ferrum pectore,

id. ib. 12, 745; cf. id. Achill. 2, 205; Dig. 26, 7, 54.—

In partic., of food, to eat, consume, devour (class.):

agri multa efferunt quae vel statim consumantur vel mandentur condita vetustati,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

frumenta,

Caes. B. G. 6, 43; cf. id. ib. 7, 17;

7, 77: fruges,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 27:

vitiatum (aprum),

id. S. 2, 2, 92:

angues,

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

draconem,

Suet. Tib. 72:

mensas accisis dapibus,

Verg. A. 7, 125 al. —

Transf.

In gen., to consume, devour, waste, squander, annihilate, destroy, bring to naught, kill.

Of inanimate things:

faciat quod lubet: Sumat, consumat, perdat,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 56; cf. Sall. C. 12, 2:

patrimonium per luxuriam,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

bona paterna,

Quint. 3, 11, 13; 3, 11, 16:

omnem materiam,

Ov. M. 8, 876: omne id aurum in ludos, Liv. 39, 5, 9; Val. Max. 3, 1, 1 fin.; cf. 2. b infra:

omnes fortunas sociorum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11; cf.:

omnes opes et spes privatas meas,

Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 96, 2 Dietsch:

omnia flammā,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14; cf.:

aedes incendio,

Liv. 25, 7, 6:

domum incendio,

Suet. Calig. 59:

consumpturis viscera mea flammis,

Quint. 6, prooem. §

3: viscera fero morsu,

Ov. M. 4, 113:

anulum usu,

id. P. 4, 10, 5; cf.:

ferrum rubigine,

to eat, consume, Curt. 7, 8, 15.—Of time, to spend, pass:

horas multas saepe suavissimo sermone,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 5:

dicendo tempus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

diem altercatione,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 1; id. Univ. 1 fin.; id. Fam. 7, 1, 1:

annua tempora,

Lucr. 5, 618:

consumitur vigiliis reliqua pars noctis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 31; id. B. C. 2, 23:

magnam partem diei,

id. B. G. 5, 9 fin.:

omne tempus,

Liv. 29, 33, 9; 24, 14, 10:

dies decem in his rebus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11:

in eo studio aetatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2:

tota nox in exinaniendā nave consumitur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 64; Caes. B. C. 2, 23, 1:

multos dies per dubitationem,

Sall. J. 62, 9; cf. Tac. H. 4, 43 fin.:

omne tempus circa Medeam,

id. Or. 3:

continuum biduum epulando potandoque,

Suet. Tib. 42: precando Tempora cum blandis verbis, to waste or lose time and words in supplications, Ov. M. 2, 575:

multis diebus et laboribus consumptis,

Sall. J. 93, 1:

ubi longa meae consumpsti tempora noctis?

Prop. 1, 3, 37.—Of strength, feeling, voice, etc.:

in quo tanta commoveri actio non posset, si esset consumpta superiore motu et exhausta,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 103:

adfectus,

Quint. 2, 13, 13; 4, 2, 120:

spiritus,

id. 11, 3, 53:

vocem instans metus,

Tac. H. 1, 42:

ignominiam,

id. ib. 3, 24:

gratiam rei nimiā captatione,

Quint. 8, 6, 51:

vires ipsā subtilitate,

id. 12, 2, 13:

bona ingenii,

id. 12, 5, 2; 3, 11, 23; cf. Sall. J. 25, 11.— Poet.: cum mare, cum terras consumpserit, aëra tentet, i. e.- seek a refuge therein in vain, Ov. H. 6, 161.—

Of living beings.

To destroy, kill:

si me vis aliqua morbi aut natura ipsa consumpsisset,

Cic. Planc. 37, 90; cf.:

quos fortuna belli consumpserat,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 5 Dietsch:

tantum exercitum fame,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20 fin.; so,

siti,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 41 fin.:

acie,

Vell. 2, 52, 5:

morte,

Tib. 1, 3, 55:

morbo,

Nep. Reg. 2, 1:

senio et maerore,

Liv. 40, 54, 1 al. —Facete:

garrulus hunc consumet,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 33.—

Rarely, to waste, weaken, enervate:

inediā et purgationibus et vi ipsius morbi consumptus es,

Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 1; cf. Ov. M. 9, 663;

and consumpta membra senectā,

id. ib. 14, 148.—

In partic.

To divide, make an exhaustive division of (very rare):

inventio in sex partis consumitur,

Auct. Her. 1, 3, 4.—

Aliquid in aliquā re, rar. in aliquid or absol. (in Cic. only with in and abl.; cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 53), to bestow upon something, to use, employ, spend upon or about something.

In aliquā re:

pecuniam in agrorum emptionibus,

to lay out, invest, Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 14:

aurum in monumento,

id. ib. 1, 4, 12; Nep. Timoth. 1, 2:

studium in virorum fortium factis memoriae prodendis,

Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 5; cf.:

in armis plurimum studii,

Nep. Epam. 2, 5:

tantum laboris in rebus falsis,

Quint. 12, 11, 15:

curam in re unā,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 48:

ingenium in musicis,

Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 50; cf. id. Phil. 5, 18, 49; id. Sest. 13, 31; Quint. 1, 2, 11.—

In aliquid (cf. the Gr. analiskein eis ti):

tota in dulces consument ubera natos,

Verg. G. 3, 178; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 55:

umorem in arbusta,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 11, 3:

bona paterna in opera publica,

Quint. 3, 11, 13:

pecuniam in monumentum,

Dig. 35, 1, 40 fin. —

Absol.:

si quid consili Habet, ut consumat nunc, quom nil obsint doli,

use up, exhaust, Ter. And. 1, 1, 133.

crūdĭtas, ātis, f. [id.] (lit. indigestion; hence, meton.),

(Effectus pro causa.) An overloading, repletion of the stomach, Cic. Sen. 13, 44; id. Fam. 9, 18, 4; id. Fat. 15, 34; Quint. 2, 21, 19; 5, 9, 11; Col. prooem. § 16; 6, 6, 1 al.—

Transf., of plants:

arbores laborant et fame et cruditate,

superabundance of nutritious juices, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 219.—

(Abstr. pro concr.) Undigested food:

cruditates digerunt daucum, plantago, etc.,

Plin. 26, 7, 25, § 41; cf.:

cruditas fructuum,

i. e. bitterness, Pall. Febr. 9, 13.

ignāvus, a, um, adj. [in-gnavus, navus], inactive, lazy, slothful, idle, sluggish, listless, without spirit, cowardly, dastardly (syn.: iners, socors; opp.: strenuus, alacer, fortis).

Lit., of living beings (freq. and class.):

homines,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 49:

si non fecero Ei male aliquo pacto, me esse dicito ignavissimum,

id. Bacch. 3, 6, 27:

quid ergo ille ignavissumus mi latitabat?

id. Trin. 4, 2, 82; 1, 2, 128; id. Poen. 4, 2, 24:

homo inertior, ignavior, magis vir inter mulieres proferri non potest,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

ignavus miles ac timidus,

id. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

compertum habeo, milites neque ex ignavo strenuum neque fortem ex timido exercitum oratione imperatoris fieri,

Sall. C. 58, 1:

feroces et inquieti inter socios, ignavi et imbelles inter hostes,

Liv. 26, 2, 11:

ignavissimus ac fugacissimus hostis,

id. 5, 28, 8:

ignavissimi homines (opp.: fortissimi viri),

Sall. C. 12 fin.:

canis Ignavus adversum lupos,

Hor. Epod. 6, 2:

(apes) Ignavaeque fame et contracto frigore pigrae,

Verg. G. 4, 259:

ignavum, fucos, pecus a praesepibus arcent,

id. A. 1, 435:

genus ignavum quod lecto gaudet,

Juv. 7, 105.— Subst.:

cedentibus ignavis et imbecillis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32:

in bello poena ignavis ab imperatoribus constituitur,

id. Caecin. 16, 46:

in victoria vel ignavis gloriari licet, adversae res etiam bonos detractant,

Sall. J. 53 fin.; cf.:

gloriam, honorem, imperium bonus ignavus aeque sibi exoptant,

id. C. 11, 2:

favimus ignavo,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 73.—

With gen.:

legiones operum et laboris ignavae,

Tac. A. 11, 18; cf.:

possis ignavus haberi et subiti casus improvidus, si, etc.,

Juv. 3, 272.

Transf.

Of inanim. and abstr. things (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quae vitia non sunt senectutis, sed inertis, ignavae, somniculosae senectutis,

Cic. de Sen. 11, 36:

nemora,

i. e. unfruitful, Verg. G. 2, 208:

globus,

i. e. immovable, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 33; cf.

gravitas,

Ov. M. 2, 821:

stagna jacentis aquae,

Luc. 5, 442:

ignavo stupuerunt verba palato,

i. e. speechless, Ov. Am. 2, 6, 47:

mora,

id. A. A. 1, 186:

anni,

spent in idleness, id. Am. 1, 15, 1; cf.

otia,

id. Tr. 1, 7, 25:

septima lux,

i. e. the Jewish Sabbath, Juv. 14, 106: ignavum conferunt stipendium, only money, not soldiers, arms, etc., Vell. 2, 39, 1:

sucus meconium vocatur, multum opio ignavior,

weaker, less efficacious, Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 202: quorundam flos tantum jucundus, reliquae partes ignavae, ut violae ac rosae, without smell, id. 21, 7, 18, § 37:

cornicula ante oculos ignava,

i. e. of no use, id. 11, 28, 34, § 100:

ignavum est rediturae parcere vitae,

Luc. 1, 492.—

Of things that produce inactivity or indolence, that renders slothful or inactive: nec nos impediet illa ignava ratio, quae dicitur: appellatur enim quidam a philosophis argos logos, cui si pareamus, nihil omnino agamus in vita. Sic enim interrogant:

Si fatum tibi est, etc.... Recte genus hoc interrogationis ignavum et iners nominatum est, quod eadem ratione omnis e vita tolletur actio,

relaxing, Cic. Fat. 12, 28 sq.:

frigus,

Ov. M. 2, 763:

aestus,

id. ib. 7, 529:

dolor,

Plin. 11, 18, 20, § 64.—Hence, adv. in two forms, ignāvē and ignā-vĭter.

Ignave, sluggishly, slothfully, without spirit:

ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave, ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55:

dicere multa,

flatly, tamely, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 67.—

Ignaviter, lazily, sluggishly, tardily: ignaviter quaerere, Lucil. ap. Non. 513, 14; Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2.—

Comp.:

carpere ignavius herbas,

Verg. G. 3, 465.

immortālĭtas ( inm-), ātis, f. [immortalis], exemption from death, immortality (class.).

Lit.:

salvos sum: inmortalitas mihi datast,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 18: quae Socrates supremo vitae die de immortalitate animorum disseruisset, Cic. de Sen. 21, 78:

vita beata nullā aliā re nisi immortalitate cedens caelestibus,

id. N. D. 2, 61, 153.—In plur.:

vide igitur, ne virtutibus hominum isti honores habeantur, non immortalitatibus,

to their immortal natures, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46.—

Transf.

Imperishableness, imperishable fame, undying renown, immortality:

non censet lugendam esse mortem, quam immortalitas consequatur,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 74:

jam tum inmortalitatis virtute partae fautor,

Liv. 1, 7, 15:

emit morte immortalitatem,

Quint. 9, 3, 71:

mihi populus Romanus aeternitatem immortalitatemque donavit,

Cic. Pis. 3, 7:

gloriae,

id. de Sen. 23, 82:

aliquid immortalitati commendare,

id. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

aliquid immortalitati tradere,

id. ib. 3, 16, 60. —

(Acc. to immortalis, II. B.) Blessedness, the height of happiness:

mihi immortalitas parta est, si, etc.,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 4.

immortālĭtas ( inm-), ātis, f. [immortalis], exemption from death, immortality (class.).

Lit.:

salvos sum: inmortalitas mihi datast,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 18: quae Socrates supremo vitae die de immortalitate animorum disseruisset, Cic. de Sen. 21, 78:

vita beata nullā aliā re nisi immortalitate cedens caelestibus,

id. N. D. 2, 61, 153.—In plur.:

vide igitur, ne virtutibus hominum isti honores habeantur, non immortalitatibus,

to their immortal natures, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46.—

Transf.

Imperishableness, imperishable fame, undying renown, immortality:

non censet lugendam esse mortem, quam immortalitas consequatur,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 74:

jam tum inmortalitatis virtute partae fautor,

Liv. 1, 7, 15:

emit morte immortalitatem,

Quint. 9, 3, 71:

mihi populus Romanus aeternitatem immortalitatemque donavit,

Cic. Pis. 3, 7:

gloriae,

id. de Sen. 23, 82:

aliquid immortalitati commendare,

id. de Or. 2, 9, 36:

aliquid immortalitati tradere,

id. ib. 3, 16, 60. —

(Acc. to immortalis, II. B.) Blessedness, the height of happiness:

mihi immortalitas parta est, si, etc.,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 4.

jŭgŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [jugulum], to cut the throat, to kill, slay, murder (class.).

Lit.:

cum jugulatur sus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116:

cives optimos jugulari jussit,

id. Phil. 3, 2, 4:

se alicui tradere jugulandum,

id. Mil. 11, 31:

hominem crudeliter,

Cels. 1 praef. §

70: qui unum hominem jugulat,

Lact. 1, 18, 10.—Com. of hunger:

ita mi auctores fuere, ut egomet me hodie jugularem fame,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 3.—Also of diseases:

quartana neminem jugulat,

Cels. 3, 15:

id genus acutum est, et celeriter jugulat,

id. 3, 20, 3.—In a pun:

cur non Hunc Regem jugulas?

Hor. S. 1, 7, 35.—Pregn.:

tum rite sacratas in flammam jugulant pecudes,

slaughter and throw, Verg. A. 12, 214. —

Trop., to confute, convict, silence:

aliquem factis decretisque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 64:

jugulari sua confessione,

id. ib. 2, 5, 64, §

166: jugulari suo gladio, suoque telo,

to be beaten with one's own weapons, foiled with one's own devices, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 35:

gladio plumbeo,

i. e. to overcome without difficulty, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2:

Falernum,

to adulterate, spoil, Mart. 1, 19, 5:

curas,

to drive away, banish, id. 8, 51, 26.

maestus ( moest-), a, um, adj. [maereo, q. v.], full of sadness, sad, sorrowful, afflicted, dejected, melancholy (class.).

Lit.:

quid vos maestos tam tristesque esse conspicor?

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 18:

id misera maestast, sibi eorum evenisse inopiam,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 67; Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

cum immolanda Iphigenia tristis Calchas esset, maestior Ulixes, etc.,

id. Or. 22, 74:

maestus ac sordidatus senex,

id. de Or. 2, 47, 195; id. Fam. 4, 6, 2:

maestus ac sollicitus,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 3:

maestissimus Hector,

Verg. A. 2, 270.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

maesto et conturbato vultu,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27:

maesta ac lugentia castra,

Just. 18, 7:

maestam attonitamque videre urbem,

Juv. 11, 199:

maesta manus,

Ov. F. 4, 454:

horrida pro maestis lanietur pluma capillis,

id. Am. 2, 6, 5:

comae,

id. F. 4, 854:

collum,

id. Tr. 3, 5, 15:

timor,

Verg. A. 1, 202.— Poet., with inf.:

animam maestam teneri,

Stat. Th. 10. 775.—

Transf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Like tristis, gloomy, severe by nature:

ille neci maestum mittit Oniten,

Verg. A. 12, 514 (naturaliter tristem, severum, quem Graeci skuthrôpon dicunt agelaston, Serv.):

tacitā maestissimus irā,

Val. Fl. 5, 568:

oratores maesti et inculti,

gloomy, Tac. Or. 24.—

In gen., connected with mourning; containing, causing, or showing sadness; sad, unhappy, unlucky:

vestis,

a mourning garment, Prop. 3, 4 (4, 5), 13:

tubae,

id. 4 (5), 11, 9:

funera,

Ov. F. 6, 660; cf.:

ossa parentis Condidimus terrā maestasque sacravimus aras,

Verg. A. 5, 48:

a laevā maesta volavit avis,

the bird of ill omen, Ov. Ib. 128: venter, exhausted with hunger, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 33 (enectus fame, Non.).—Hence, adv., in two forms.

maestē, with sadness, saaly, sorrowfully:

maeste, hilariter,

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24.—

maestĭter, in a way to indicate sorrow:

maestiter vestitae,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 6.

maestus ( moest-), a, um, adj. [maereo, q. v.], full of sadness, sad, sorrowful, afflicted, dejected, melancholy (class.).

Lit.:

quid vos maestos tam tristesque esse conspicor?

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 18:

id misera maestast, sibi eorum evenisse inopiam,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 67; Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

cum immolanda Iphigenia tristis Calchas esset, maestior Ulixes, etc.,

id. Or. 22, 74:

maestus ac sordidatus senex,

id. de Or. 2, 47, 195; id. Fam. 4, 6, 2:

maestus ac sollicitus,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 3:

maestissimus Hector,

Verg. A. 2, 270.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

maesto et conturbato vultu,

Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27:

maesta ac lugentia castra,

Just. 18, 7:

maestam attonitamque videre urbem,

Juv. 11, 199:

maesta manus,

Ov. F. 4, 454:

horrida pro maestis lanietur pluma capillis,

id. Am. 2, 6, 5:

comae,

id. F. 4, 854:

collum,

id. Tr. 3, 5, 15:

timor,

Verg. A. 1, 202.— Poet., with inf.:

animam maestam teneri,

Stat. Th. 10. 775.—

Transf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Like tristis, gloomy, severe by nature:

ille neci maestum mittit Oniten,

Verg. A. 12, 514 (naturaliter tristem, severum, quem Graeci skuthrôpon dicunt agelaston, Serv.):

tacitā maestissimus irā,

Val. Fl. 5, 568:

oratores maesti et inculti,

gloomy, Tac. Or. 24.—

In gen., connected with mourning; containing, causing, or showing sadness; sad, unhappy, unlucky:

vestis,

a mourning garment, Prop. 3, 4 (4, 5), 13:

tubae,

id. 4 (5), 11, 9:

funera,

Ov. F. 6, 660; cf.:

ossa parentis Condidimus terrā maestasque sacravimus aras,

Verg. A. 5, 48:

a laevā maesta volavit avis,

the bird of ill omen, Ov. Ib. 128: venter, exhausted with hunger, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 33 (enectus fame, Non.).—Hence, adv., in two forms.

maestē, with sadness, saaly, sorrowfully:

maeste, hilariter,

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24.—

maestĭter, in a way to indicate sorrow:

maestiter vestitae,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 6.

suf-fōco ( subf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [faux], to choke, stifle, strangle, suffocate by compressing the throat (rare but class.; syn.: strangulo, elido).

Lit.:

patrem,

Cic. Mur. 29, 61:

quem crassior saliva suffocat,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 2, 4:

in melle situm suffocari,

to be suffocated, Lucr. 3, 891:

vox suffocatur saepe,

Quint. 11, 3, 51:

suffocatae (mulieres),

hysterical, Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 238; cf. suffocatio.—

Transf.:

injuriā suffocante vitem,

that chokes, kills, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 209:

urbem et Italiam fame,

i. e. to starve, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 4.

suf-fōco ( subf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [faux], to choke, stifle, strangle, suffocate by compressing the throat (rare but class.; syn.: strangulo, elido).

Lit.:

patrem,

Cic. Mur. 29, 61:

quem crassior saliva suffocat,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 2, 4:

in melle situm suffocari,

to be suffocated, Lucr. 3, 891:

vox suffocatur saepe,

Quint. 11, 3, 51:

suffocatae (mulieres),

hysterical, Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 238; cf. suffocatio.—

Transf.:

injuriā suffocante vitem,

that chokes, kills, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 209:

urbem et Italiam fame,

i. e. to starve, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 4.

ūtĭlis, e, adj. [utor].

In gen.

Useful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable, advantageous, etc. (cf. commodus).

Absol.:

hae hamae utiles sunt,

Cato, R. R. 135, 2:

non faciat quod utile sit, quod expediat?

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76:

utiles et salutares res,

id. N. D. 1, 15, 38:

quid Sophocles et Aeschylus utile ferrent,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 163:

quernaque glans victa est utiliore cibo,

Ov. F. 1, 676.—

With dat. pers.:

tibi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 10:

quam id mihi sit facile atque utile, Aliorum exempla commonent,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 16:

nec clam te est, quam illi utraeque res nunc utiles Et ad pudicitiam et ad rem tutandam sient,

id. ib. 1, 5, 52; id. Hec. 1, 2, 76:

si eam legem vobis adcommodatam atque utilem esse intellegerem,

Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 14: sic fuit utilius finiri ipsique tibique, id. Tusc. poët. 1, 48, 115; id. Inv. 1, 1, 1:

non enim mihi est vita utilior quam animi talis affectio,

id. Off. 3, 6, 29 dub.; Nep. Milt. 3, 5; id. Them. 7, 6:

alicui utiles esse amicos,

Caes. B. G. 4, 7: quod tibi utilissimum erit consilii capies, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2:

loci muniti et sibi utiles,

Sall. J. 97, 1.—So with dat. of thing benefited:

fons... Infirmo capiti fluit utilis, utilis alvo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 14: vivit siliquis et pane secundo;

Militiae quamquam piger et malus, utilis urbi,

id. ib. 2, 1, 124:

glycyrrhizae sucus utilissimus voci,

Plin. 22, 9, 11, § 25:

palmae non utiles stomacho,

id. 23, 4, 51, § 97:

ver utile silvis,

Verg. G. 2, 323; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 138.—

With ad and acc.:

quem hominem inveniemus ad eam rem utilem,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 108; cf. Ter. And. 1, 5, 52 (supra, A. 2.):

nonne igitur sapiens, si fame ipse conficiatur, abstulerit cibum alteri, homini ad nullam rem utili?

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29; cf.:

quaecumque herba potens ad opem radixque medendi Utilis,

Ov. H. 5, 148.—

With abl. instr.:

ter et viciens volneratus est, ob id neutrā manu, neutro pede satis utilis,

Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104:

pedibus, naribus,

Ov. M. 3, 212:

bis pomis utilis arbos,

Verg. G. 2, 150.—

With inf. (poët.):

adspirare et adesse choris erat utilis (tibia),

Hor. A. P. 204.—

Neutr. absol.: ūtĭle, is, n., what is useful, the useful: omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci, Hor. A. P. 343:

bonus atque fidus Judex honestum praetulit utili,

id. C. 4, 9, 41:

utilium tardus provisor,

id. A. P. 164:

sententiae de utilibus honestisque,

Quint. 3, 8, 13; cf. id. 1, 2, 29. —

Utile est, with a subject-clause:

amicum castigare ob meritam noxiam... est utile Et conducibile,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 2:

numquam est utile peccare,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 64:

nimirum sapere est abjectis utile nugis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141:

id arbitror Apprime in vitā esse utile, ut ne quid nimis,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

ut tu, si arbitrarere utile exque re publicā esse, persequerere bello Dolabellam,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 5, 1:

utilissimum ratus inpendentem evitare tempestatem,

Nep. Alcib. 4, 4.—

In partic.

Fit, suitable, adapted, proper, etc.:

utilissimus ad vitilia holoschoenos,

Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 113:

hic castrensibus utilis armis,

Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 19:

utilium bello studiosus equorum,

Ov. M. 14, 321:

fraxinus hastis,

id. ib. 10, 93:

lignum Navigiis,

Verg. G. 2, 442:

passo psithia utilior,

id. ib. 2, 93:

calamus fistulis,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 164:

ventri lactuca movendo utilis,

Mart. 11, 52, 6:

(lapathum) silvestre ad multa medicamina utile est,

Plin. 19, 12, 60, § 185.— Poet. with gen.:

radix medendi Utilis,

Ov. H. 5, 147.—

In jurid. lang.: utilis actio, exceptio, interdictum, judicium, etc., i. e. which was brought on general principles of justice, in cases for which there was no express legal provision, or, as we say, in equity:

actio,

Dig. 13, 5, 5, § 9; 39, 3, 22 fin. al.:

exceptio,

ib. 4, 4, 41:

interdictum,

ib. 43, 20, 1, § 35 sq.:

judicium,

ib. 10, 2, 2, § 11.— Hence, adv.: ūtĭlĭter, usefully, profitably, beneficially, advantageously.

In gen.:

utiliter a naturā permotiones istas animis nostris datas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135:

modo ne laudarent iracundiam et dicerent utiliter a naturā datam,

id. Off. 1, 25, 89; 2, 5, 17:

utiliter in certamen respondere,

Liv. 4, 6, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; 28, 19, 3; Quint. 4, 1, 45; 6, 1, 8:

serviet utiliter (captivus),

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 70 al. — Comp.:

utilius starent etiam nunc moenia Phoebi,

Ov. H. 1, 67.— Sup.:

a Cicerone quidem utilissime praedicta sunt omnia,

Quint. 4, 2, 57; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 110.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., rightly, duly, lawfully:

stipulari,

Dig. 45, 1, 97; 45, 1, 45; 45, 1, 46:

agere ex empto,

ib. 19, 1, 30 fin.

ūtĭlis, e, adj. [utor].

In gen.

Useful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable, advantageous, etc. (cf. commodus).

Absol.:

hae hamae utiles sunt,

Cato, R. R. 135, 2:

non faciat quod utile sit, quod expediat?

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76:

utiles et salutares res,

id. N. D. 1, 15, 38:

quid Sophocles et Aeschylus utile ferrent,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 163:

quernaque glans victa est utiliore cibo,

Ov. F. 1, 676.—

With dat. pers.:

tibi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 10:

quam id mihi sit facile atque utile, Aliorum exempla commonent,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 16:

nec clam te est, quam illi utraeque res nunc utiles Et ad pudicitiam et ad rem tutandam sient,

id. ib. 1, 5, 52; id. Hec. 1, 2, 76:

si eam legem vobis adcommodatam atque utilem esse intellegerem,

Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 14: sic fuit utilius finiri ipsique tibique, id. Tusc. poët. 1, 48, 115; id. Inv. 1, 1, 1:

non enim mihi est vita utilior quam animi talis affectio,

id. Off. 3, 6, 29 dub.; Nep. Milt. 3, 5; id. Them. 7, 6:

alicui utiles esse amicos,

Caes. B. G. 4, 7: quod tibi utilissimum erit consilii capies, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2:

loci muniti et sibi utiles,

Sall. J. 97, 1.—So with dat. of thing benefited:

fons... Infirmo capiti fluit utilis, utilis alvo,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 14: vivit siliquis et pane secundo;

Militiae quamquam piger et malus, utilis urbi,

id. ib. 2, 1, 124:

glycyrrhizae sucus utilissimus voci,

Plin. 22, 9, 11, § 25:

palmae non utiles stomacho,

id. 23, 4, 51, § 97:

ver utile silvis,

Verg. G. 2, 323; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 138.—

With ad and acc.:

quem hominem inveniemus ad eam rem utilem,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 108; cf. Ter. And. 1, 5, 52 (supra, A. 2.):

nonne igitur sapiens, si fame ipse conficiatur, abstulerit cibum alteri, homini ad nullam rem utili?

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29; cf.:

quaecumque herba potens ad opem radixque medendi Utilis,

Ov. H. 5, 148.—

With abl. instr.:

ter et viciens volneratus est, ob id neutrā manu, neutro pede satis utilis,

Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104:

pedibus, naribus,

Ov. M. 3, 212:

bis pomis utilis arbos,

Verg. G. 2, 150.—

With inf. (poët.):

adspirare et adesse choris erat utilis (tibia),

Hor. A. P. 204.—

Neutr. absol.: ūtĭle, is, n., what is useful, the useful: omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci, Hor. A. P. 343:

bonus atque fidus Judex honestum praetulit utili,

id. C. 4, 9, 41:

utilium tardus provisor,

id. A. P. 164:

sententiae de utilibus honestisque,

Quint. 3, 8, 13; cf. id. 1, 2, 29. —

Utile est, with a subject-clause:

amicum castigare ob meritam noxiam... est utile Et conducibile,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 2:

numquam est utile peccare,

Cic. Off. 3, 15, 64:

nimirum sapere est abjectis utile nugis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141:

id arbitror Apprime in vitā esse utile, ut ne quid nimis,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

ut tu, si arbitrarere utile exque re publicā esse, persequerere bello Dolabellam,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 5, 1:

utilissimum ratus inpendentem evitare tempestatem,

Nep. Alcib. 4, 4.—

In partic.

Fit, suitable, adapted, proper, etc.:

utilissimus ad vitilia holoschoenos,

Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 113:

hic castrensibus utilis armis,

Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 19:

utilium bello studiosus equorum,

Ov. M. 14, 321:

fraxinus hastis,

id. ib. 10, 93:

lignum Navigiis,

Verg. G. 2, 442:

passo psithia utilior,

id. ib. 2, 93:

calamus fistulis,

Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 164:

ventri lactuca movendo utilis,

Mart. 11, 52, 6:

(lapathum) silvestre ad multa medicamina utile est,

Plin. 19, 12, 60, § 185.— Poet. with gen.:

radix medendi Utilis,

Ov. H. 5, 147.—

In jurid. lang.: utilis actio, exceptio, interdictum, judicium, etc., i. e. which was brought on general principles of justice, in cases for which there was no express legal provision, or, as we say, in equity:

actio,

Dig. 13, 5, 5, § 9; 39, 3, 22 fin. al.:

exceptio,

ib. 4, 4, 41:

interdictum,

ib. 43, 20, 1, § 35 sq.:

judicium,

ib. 10, 2, 2, § 11.— Hence, adv.: ūtĭlĭter, usefully, profitably, beneficially, advantageously.

In gen.:

utiliter a naturā permotiones istas animis nostris datas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135:

modo ne laudarent iracundiam et dicerent utiliter a naturā datam,

id. Off. 1, 25, 89; 2, 5, 17:

utiliter in certamen respondere,

Liv. 4, 6, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; 28, 19, 3; Quint. 4, 1, 45; 6, 1, 8:

serviet utiliter (captivus),

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 70 al. — Comp.:

utilius starent etiam nunc moenia Phoebi,

Ov. H. 1, 67.— Sup.:

a Cicerone quidem utilissime praedicta sunt omnia,

Quint. 4, 2, 57; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 110.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., rightly, duly, lawfully:

stipulari,

Dig. 45, 1, 97; 45, 1, 45; 45, 1, 46:

agere ex empto,

ib. 19, 1, 30 fin.