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1 vestīgō

vestīgō āre, —, — [cf. στίχοσ], to follow in the track of, track, trace out, track up, hunt, search, scour: vestigare et quaerere te, Enn. ap. C.: perfugas et fugitivos, L.: adeo sicca lacuna, ut vestigantium sitim falleret, Cu.: vestiga (sc. ramum) oculis, V.—Fig., to inquire into, investigate, trace, search out: causas rerum: nihil inexploratum, quod vestigari volunt, efficere, L.: voluptates omnīs: regionem omni curā, Cu.
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vestigare, vestigavi, vestigatus V

track down, search for; search out; try to find out by searching; investigate

Latin-English dictionary > vestīgō
2 exorbito

ex-orbĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [orbita] (post-class.).
I.
Neutr., to go out of the track, to deviate.
A.
Lit.:
exorbitantes boves, qui vehiculum trahebant,
Aug. Civ. D. 22, 8 med.:
stellis exorbitare a praestitutis itineribus non licet,
Lact. 2, 5, 12.—
B.
Trop.:
a regula,
Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 2:
a catholicae fidei regulis,
Sid. Ep. 8, 11 fin. —
II.
Act., to turn out of the track, turn aside; trop.:
animum a tramite,
Sid. Ep. 5, 16.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > exorbito
3 breve

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > breve
4 brevi

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevi
5 brevia

brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

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brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
I.
Lit., in space.
A.
In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:
brevior via,
Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:
via brevis,
Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:
cursus brevissimus,
Verg. A. 3, 507:
brevius iter,
Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:
cursu brevissimus Almo,
id. M. 14, 329:
quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?
so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.
also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,
id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:
non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,
Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:
brevissima terra,
Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:
in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,
a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:
brevibus Gyaris,
Juv. 1, 73:
scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),
that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:
quo brevius valent,
the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
2.
Trop. of the journey of life:
quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?
Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:
vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,
id. Sest. 21, 47:
tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,
Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:
fila vitae breviora,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
B.
In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);
of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:
ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,
Quint. 2, 3, 8:
forma,
Ov. M. 5, 457:
(puella) longa brevisque,
id. Am. 2, 4, 36:
brevis corpore,
Suet. Galb. 3;
id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,
Ov. M. 9, 789.—
Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,
lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:
brevior ilex,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:
mus,
little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
C.
In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):
puteus,
Juv. 3, 226:
vada,
Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:
tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,
Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:
brevia litorum,
id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:
breve,
Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
2.
Trop.:
brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,
difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
D.
Of the line of a circle:
ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,
makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.
of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,
Plin. 2. 15, 13, §
63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,
Sen. Hippol. 314. —
II.
Transf., of time.
A.
Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
1.
In gen.:
quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
brevis hora,
Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:
occasio,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:
brevis hic est fructus homulleis,
short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:
MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,
Inscr. Orell. 558:
omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,
Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:
quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,
Sall. C. 1, 3; so,
vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,
Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:
aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,
occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:
brevissimum tempus,
id. 5, 6, 7:
detrimentum,
Quint. 11, 1, 10:
arbitrium mortis,
Tac. A. 15, 60:
breves populi Romani amores,
id. ib. 2, 41:
tempus,
Suet. Ner. 20 al.:
nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,
Cat. 5, 5:
fructus,
Lucr. 3, 914:
aevum,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:
anni,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:
ver,
Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:
flores rosae,
quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:
lilium,
id. ib. 1, 36, 16:
cena,
frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:
mensa,
id. A. P. 198:
dominus,
living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:
stultitia,
id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
ira furor brevis est,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:
actio brevis atque concisa,
Quint. 6, 4, 2:
somnus,
Sen. Troad. 441:
nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,
nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:
domus,
Sen. Hippol. 762:
fortuna,
Sil. 4, 734.—
2.
Esp.
a.
Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:
brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,
Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
b.
In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):
inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:
in multo breviore temporis spatio,
id. Aug. 22:
multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,
Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,
Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:
sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,
soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;
acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,
Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:
brevi deinde,
id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:
fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,
Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:
mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,
Liv. 1, 9, 9:
brevi omnia subegit,
Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
c.
Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:
illa brevi spatio silet,
id. ib. 7, 307; so,
* breve,
Cat. 61, 187.—
d.
Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:
ad breve quoddam tempus,
Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
B.
Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
1.
Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):
narratio,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;
comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,
id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:
nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,
id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:
quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!
id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:
Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,
Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):
breviores commentarii,
Quint. 3, 8, 58:
annotatio,
id. 10, 7, 31:
brevia illa atque concisa,
id. 10, 7, 10; so,
sententiae,
id. 10, 1, 60:
causae,
id. 6, 1, 8:
docendi compendia,
id. 1, 1, 24:
comprehensiones,
id. 12, 2, 19:
quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,
id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:
multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:
brevior in scribendo,
id. Att. 5, 6, 2:
brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,
Hor. A. P. 25:
in eloquendo brevis,
Quint. 10, 1, 63:
densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,
id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):
brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,
Charis. p. 176 P.:
id percurram brevi,
Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:
aliquid explicare,
id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:
circumscribere et definire,
id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:
complecti,
id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:
exponere,
id. ib. 1, 46, 203:
reprehendere,
id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:
reddere,
id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:
respondere,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
perscribere,
id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:
in brevi,
Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:
quid scribam? breve faciam,
Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:
longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,
id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:
in breve coactae causae,
Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:
in breve coactio causae,
Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:
brevis nominum,
Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
2.
Of a short syllable;
rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,
Hor. A. P. 251:
a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,
Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):
dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,
Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:
in fine pro longā accipi brevem,
Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:
plurimum habent celeritatis breves,
id. 9, 4, 91.—
Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,
Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
C.
For parvus, exiguus, little, small:
exigua pars brevisque,
Lucr. 5, 591:
Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,
Hor. Epod. 5, 15:
Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,
Ov. H. 2, 119:
brevi latere ac pede longo est,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.
just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,
Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:
parvae alvi): mus,
Ov. F. 2, 574:
forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),
id. M. 5, 457.—
So, lapathi herba,
Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):
folia breviora,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):
census,
id. C. 2, 15, 13:
pondus,
id. S. 2, 2, 37:
impensa,
Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:
sigillum,
id. M. 6, 86:
insulae,
Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:
offulae,
id. 1, 29, 4:
pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,
Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:
breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,
Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
1.
Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:
parvo brevius quam totus,
a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:
Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,
Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
2.
(Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
a.
In gen.:
iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,
Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
b.
Esp.
(α).
In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:
sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:
rem totam breviter cognoscite,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:
summatim breviterque describere,
id. Or. 15, 50:
breviter tangere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:
breviter et modice disserere,
Sall. J. 111, 1:
adicere aliquid,
Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:
omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),
Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
(β).
Of syllables:
quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,
Cic. Or. 48, 159.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevis
7 limes

līmĕs, ĭtis, m. [root in līmus; cf. limen, and Gr. lechris; cf. Just. Inst. 1, 12, 5], a cross-path, balk between fields.
I.
Lit., the Romans usually had in their fields two broad and two narrower paths; the principal balk from east to west was called limes decumanus; that from north to south was called cardo;
of the two smaller ones, that running from east to west was called prorus, the other, from north to south, transversus,
Hyg. de Limit. Const. 18, 33 and 34; Col. 1, 8, 7:
lutosi limites,
Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 8. —
B.
Transf. (mostly poet.).
1.
A boundary, limit between two fields or estates, consisting of a stone or a balk:
partiri limite campum,
Verg. G. 1, 126:
saxum antiquum, ingens, campo quod forte jacebat, Limes agro positus, litem ut discerneret arvis,
id. A. 12, 897:
effodit medio de limite saxum,
Juv. 16, 38.—
2.
A fortified boundaryline, a boundary-wall:
cuncta inter castellum Alisonem ac Rhenum novis limitibus aggeribusque permunita,
Tac. A. 2, 7:
limite acto promotisque praesidiis,
id. G. 29: penetrat interius, aperit limites, Vell. 2, 120.—
3.
In gen., any path, passage, road, way; also, by-street, by-road:
eo limite Athenienses signa extulerunt,
Liv. 31, 39:
profectus inde transversis limitibus,
id. ib.:
lato te limite ducam,
Verg. A. 9, 323:
acclivis,
Ov. M. 2, 19:
limite recto fugere,
id. ib. 7, 782:
transversi,
by-roads, Liv. 22, 12, 2 Fabr.; 31, 39, 5; 41, 14 init.: limes Appiae, the line of the Appian street (for the street itself), id. 22, 15, 11:
limite acto (i. e. facto),
Tac. G. 29.—
Of the channel of a stream: solito dum flumina currant Limite,
Ov. M. 8, 558; Prop. 5, 9, 60.—Of the track of light left behind them by comets, fiery meteors, torches, etc.:
flammiferumque trahens spatioso limite crinem, Stella micat,
Ov. M. 15, 849:
tum longo limite sulcus Dat lucem,
Verg. A. 2, 697; Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96:
sectus in obliquo est lato curvamine limes,
the zodiac, Ov. M. 2, 130:
latum per agmen Ardens limitem agit ferro,
Verg. A. 10, 514; cf. Sil. 4, 463; 9, 379; Stat. Th. 9, 182.—
4.
A line or vein in a precious stone:
nigram materiam distinguente limite albo,
Plin. 37, 10, 69, § 184.—
II.
Trop.
A.
A boundary, limit:
limes carminis,
Stat. Th. 1, 16:
aestuat infelix angusto limite mundi,
Juv. 10, 169.—
B.
A distinction, difference:
judicium brevi limite falle tuum,
Ov. R. Am. 325:
quaedam perquam tenui limite dividuntur,
Quint. 9, 1, 3.—
C.
A way, path:
si maledicitis vostro gradiar limite,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 18:
bene meritis de patria quasi limes ad caeli aditum patet,
Cic. Somn. Scip. 8; Sen. Ben. 1, 15, 2:
eundem limitem agere,
to go the same way, employ the same means, Ov. A. A. 3, 558.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > limes
8 vestigo

ve-stīgo, no perf. and sup., āre, 1, v. a. [etym. dub.; perh. Sanscr. vahis (bahis), out, and stigh-, to climb; cf. Gr. stichos, a row, etc.; Angl. -Sax. stīgan; Germ. steigen, to climb].
I.
Prop., to follow in the track of; to track, trace out (cf.: rimor, indago, scrutor): germana soror, errare videbar, Tardaque vestigare et quaerere te, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.):
feras vestigat (sc. canis),
Sen. Thyest. 496.—With abl.:
fertur (sc. tigris) praeceps, odore vestigans (sc. raptorem),
Plin. 8, 18, 25, § 66. —
II.
Transf.
A.
To find out by tracing, to trace out, discover.
1.
With abl.:
perfugas et fugitivos, quos inquirendo vestigare potuerint, reddidisse,
Liv. 31, 19, 2:
(cervi) vestigant cavernas (serpentium),
Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118:
omnis enim jacens piscis magis naribus escam, quam oculis, vestigat,
Col. 8, 17, 14.—
2.
Absol.:
dimissis deinde per agros, qui vestigarent,
Liv. 32, 26, 13 dub.; cf. Weissenb. ad loc.—
B.
To search after; to seek out:
ceterum Alexander, quam regionem Dareus petisset, omni curā vestigans, tamen explorare non poterat,
Curt. 4, 6, 5:
adeo sicca lacuna, ut vestigantium sitim falleret,
id. 4, 16, 14:
equum vestigari jubet,
id. 6, 5, 19:
ergo alte vestiga (sc. ramum) oculis, riteque repertum Carpe manu,
Verg. A. 6, 145.—
III.
Trop.
A.
To inquire into, investigate (class.).
1.
In simple constr.:
causas rerum,
Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 166.—
2.
With abl.:
quā (sc. ratione) omnes illorum conatūs vestigare,
Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48.—
3.
With cum:
quod cum desidiosā delectatione vestiges,
Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 88.—
B.
To discover, find out:
grave imperium regum nihil inexploratum, quod vestigari volunt, efficit,
Liv. 39, 51, 6.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vestigo
9 sequo

sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.
(α).
With acc.:
i, jam sequor te, mater,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:
neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:
qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:
ne sequerer moechas,
id. ib. 1, 4, 113:
vallem,
Liv. 32, 6, 5:
pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,
Ov. M. 8, 332:
vestigia alicujus,
id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—
(β).
Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):
abi prae, jam ego sequar,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:
quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?
id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:
funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:
curriculo sequi,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:
Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,
Caes. B. G. 1, 24:
si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:
servi sequentes,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:
hos aliae gentes sequebantur,
id. 4, 12, 9.—
b.
Of things:
magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:
neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:
zonā bene te secutā,
id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:
hostes sequitur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:
hostem,
Ov. M. 13, 548:
fugacem,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:
feras,
Ov. M. 2, 498:
nudo genitas Pandione ferro,
id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:
hostem pilo,
Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:
finem sequendi facere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —
2.
To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):
sequens annus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:
sequente anno,
Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:
secuto die,
id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:
secuta aetas,
id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:
sequenti senatu,
Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:
secuturo Phoebo,
Luc. 2, 528:
sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,
Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:
ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,
Tac. A. 11, 38:
Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,
Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—
(β).
With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:
ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,
Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;
sequitur clamor,
Verg. A. 9, 504:
tonitrum secuti nimbi,
Ov. M. 14, 542:
lacrimae sunt verba secutae,
id. ib. 9, 780:
nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,
and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—
3.
Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:
ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,
Liv. 33, 13, 10:
ut victorem res sequeretur,
id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:
heredem monumentum,
Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:
heredem possessio,
Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:
quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,
Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;
and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—
4.
To go towards or to a place:
Formias nunc sequimur,
Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:
Epirum, Cyzicum,
id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:
Italiam,
Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:
Itala regna,
Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—
5.
Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:
herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,
Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:
oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,
Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:
nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,
id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:
ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,
Verg. A. 6, 146:
cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,
Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:
jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,
Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:
trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,
Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;
consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:
quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,
Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:
damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,
to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:
modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,
should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:
dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,
id. ib. 20, 74:
post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,
id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:
an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,
Liv. 5, 6, 7. —
B.
In partic.
1.
To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:
sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,
id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:
eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,
Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,
sectam,
Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):
Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 12, 41:
amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,
id. ib. 12, 43:
auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,
id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:
sententiam Scipionis,
id. ib. 1, 2:
vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,
have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:
haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,
Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:
novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,
id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:
Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:
arma victricia,
Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:
quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,
Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:
si modo verba sequantur,
Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—
2.
To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:
eam (sc. utilitatem),
Cic. Lael. 27, 100:
justitiam,
id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:
otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,
id. Mur. 27, 55:
amoenitatem et salubritatem,
id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:
matris commodum,
Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:
lites,
id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:
gratiam Caesaris,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1:
linguam et nomen,
Liv. 31, 7:
mercedes,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:
quae nocuere (opp. fugere),
id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:
nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,
id. ib. 1, 1, 72:
ferro extrema,
Verg. A. 6, 457:
fidem,
Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:
plurisque sequor disponere causas,
Lucr. 5, 529.—
3.
In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:
sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:
sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:
haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,
Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:
ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:
sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,
Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—
4.
In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:
nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:
si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:
sequitur igitur ut, etc.,
id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:
sequitur ergo ut, etc.,
Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—
5.
To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:
tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:
non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,
id. Or. 49, 165:
lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,
Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:
verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,
Hor. A. P. 311:
sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,
Quint. 2, 14, 1:
laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,
id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;
8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;
not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,
Quint. 5, 10, 42:
reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,
Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:
sequenti tempore,
Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:
sequente anno,
id. 3, 31, 2:
sequenti nocte,
Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:
Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,
the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;
as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,
Quint. 8, 6, 40.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sequo
10 sequor

sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.
(α).
With acc.:
i, jam sequor te, mater,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:
neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:
qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:
ne sequerer moechas,
id. ib. 1, 4, 113:
vallem,
Liv. 32, 6, 5:
pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,
Ov. M. 8, 332:
vestigia alicujus,
id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—
(β).
Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):
abi prae, jam ego sequar,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:
quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?
id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:
funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:
curriculo sequi,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:
Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,
Caes. B. G. 1, 24:
si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:
servi sequentes,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:
hos aliae gentes sequebantur,
id. 4, 12, 9.—
b.
Of things:
magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:
neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:
zonā bene te secutā,
id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:
hostes sequitur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:
hostem,
Ov. M. 13, 548:
fugacem,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:
feras,
Ov. M. 2, 498:
nudo genitas Pandione ferro,
id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:
hostem pilo,
Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:
finem sequendi facere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —
2.
To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):
sequens annus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:
sequente anno,
Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:
secuto die,
id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:
secuta aetas,
id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:
sequenti senatu,
Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:
secuturo Phoebo,
Luc. 2, 528:
sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,
Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:
ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,
Tac. A. 11, 38:
Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,
Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—
(β).
With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:
ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,
Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;
sequitur clamor,
Verg. A. 9, 504:
tonitrum secuti nimbi,
Ov. M. 14, 542:
lacrimae sunt verba secutae,
id. ib. 9, 780:
nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,
and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—
3.
Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:
ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,
Liv. 33, 13, 10:
ut victorem res sequeretur,
id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:
heredem monumentum,
Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:
heredem possessio,
Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:
quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,
Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;
and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—
4.
To go towards or to a place:
Formias nunc sequimur,
Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:
Epirum, Cyzicum,
id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:
Italiam,
Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:
Itala regna,
Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—
5.
Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:
herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,
Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:
oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,
Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:
nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,
id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:
ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,
Verg. A. 6, 146:
cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,
Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:
jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,
Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:
trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,
Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;
consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:
quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,
Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:
damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,
to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:
modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,
should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:
dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,
id. ib. 20, 74:
post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,
id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:
an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,
Liv. 5, 6, 7. —
B.
In partic.
1.
To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:
sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,
id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:
eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,
Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,
sectam,
Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):
Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 12, 41:
amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,
id. ib. 12, 43:
auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,
id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:
sententiam Scipionis,
id. ib. 1, 2:
vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,
have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:
haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,
Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:
novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,
id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:
Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:
arma victricia,
Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:
quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,
Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:
si modo verba sequantur,
Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—
2.
To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:
eam (sc. utilitatem),
Cic. Lael. 27, 100:
justitiam,
id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:
otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,
id. Mur. 27, 55:
amoenitatem et salubritatem,
id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:
matris commodum,
Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:
lites,
id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:
gratiam Caesaris,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1:
linguam et nomen,
Liv. 31, 7:
mercedes,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:
quae nocuere (opp. fugere),
id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:
nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,
id. ib. 1, 1, 72:
ferro extrema,
Verg. A. 6, 457:
fidem,
Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:
plurisque sequor disponere causas,
Lucr. 5, 529.—
3.
In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:
sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:
sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:
haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,
Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:
ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:
sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,
Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—
4.
In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:
nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:
si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:
sequitur igitur ut, etc.,
id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:
sequitur ergo ut, etc.,
Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—
5.
To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:
tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:
non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,
id. Or. 49, 165:
lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,
Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:
verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,
Hor. A. P. 311:
sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,
Quint. 2, 14, 1:
laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,
id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;
8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;
not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,
Quint. 5, 10, 42:
reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,
Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:
sequenti tempore,
Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:
sequente anno,
id. 3, 31, 2:
sequenti nocte,
Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:
Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,
the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;
as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,
Quint. 8, 6, 40.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sequor
11 curriculum

a running, race, lap around the track, course.

Latin-English dictionary of medieval > curriculum
12 vestīgium

vestīgium ī, n [cf. vestigo], the bottom of the foot, sole: adversis vestigiis stare contra nostra vestigia.— The foot: equus vestigia primi Alba pedis ostentans, V.; cf. Summa pedum vestigia tinguit, O.—A footstep, step, footprint, foot-track, track: in foro vestigium facere, i. e. to set foot: te tuis vestigiis persequi: eodem remanere vestigio, Cs.: vestigium abscedi ab Hannibale, one step, L.—In the phrase, e vestigio, on the spot, without moving, instantly, forthwith: repente evestigio ex homine factus est Verres: e vestigio ad Castra traducere, Cs.—A trace, mark, track, vestige: in lecto mulieris vestigia recentia: quarum (alcium) ex vestigiis cum est animadversum, quo, etc., Cs.: in vestigiis huius urbis, ruins: tergum foedum recentibus vestigiis verberum, L.—Fig., a footprint, trace, sign, token: a pueritiā vestigiis ingressus patriis et tuis.—Of time, a point, moment, instant: eodem loci vestigio et temporis: vestigio temporis, instantly, Cs.: ut urbs ab hostibus capta eodem vestigio videretur, at that very moment, Cs.
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vestigi(i) N N

step, track; trace; footstep

Latin-English dictionary > vestīgium
13 līmes

līmes itis, m [2 LAC-], a path, passage, road, way, track: eo limite signa extulerunt, L.: lato te limite ducam, V.: acclivis, O.: transversi, by-roads, L.: Appiae, the line of the Appian way, L.: solito dum flumina currant Limite, channel, O.: trahens spatioso limite crinem Stella, track, O.: Sectus in obliquo est lato curvamine limes, the zodiac, O.— A boundary, limit, land-mark (between two fields or estates): partiri limite campum, V.: effodit medio de limite saxum, Iu.: certi, H.— A fortified boundary-line, boundary-wall: limite acto, Ta.— Fig., a boundary, limit: angustus mundi, Iu.— A way, path: quasi limes ad caeli aditum: idem limes agendus erit, i. e. the same means, O.
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limitis N M

path, track; limit; strip of uncultivated ground marking boundary

Latin-English dictionary > līmes
14 spatium

spatium ī, n [SPA-], a space, room, extent: Trīs pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas, V.: spatiis locorum animadversis, Cs.: quod spatium non esset agitandi, N.: spatio distante, O.— A space, distance, interval: magno spatio paucis diebus confecto, Cs.: viae, length, O.: tantum erat relictum spati, ut, etc., Cs.: tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire, Cs.: medium caeli, H.: spatium discrimina fallit, the distance, O.— Size, bulk, extent: spatium victi hostis (serpentis), O.: Dat spatium collo, O.: admirabile rhombi, very large, Iu.: trahit (aurīs) in spatium, i. e. lengthens out, O.— A walking, walk, promenade, turn, course: duobus spatiis tribusve factis: septem spatiis circo meruere coronam, O.— A space for recreation, walk, promenade, public place, square: urbs distincta spatiis communibus: spatia silvestria: Academiae nobilitata spatia: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in levels, H.: Curvatis fertur spatiis, V.— A prescribed path, race-course, track: quasi decurso spatio ad carceres a calce revocari: amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra, H.: Addunt in spatia, V.: tritum, O.: Phocus in interius spatium Cecropidas ducit, the interior, O. —Fig., a path, course, race, track: eadem: Prope iam excurso spatio, T.: Te mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur, V.: in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti: vitae, O.— A portion of time, space, interval, period: spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt, Cs.: spatium praeteriti temporis: diei, the length, Cs.: dierum triginta: spatio brevi, H.: me ex constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti: trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus, i. e. of the same metrical length: spatia annorum, Pr.: spatio pugnae defatigati, Cs.— Space, time, leisure, opportunity: neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat, T.: irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare, L.: Ne properes, oro; spatium pro munere posco, O.: cum erit spatium, praestabo, etc.: illi spatium ad sese conligendum dedisse: sex dics ad eam rem conficien<*> dam spati postulant, Cs.: Ut ne esset spatium cogitandi, T.: pila coniciendi, Cs.: Spatium adparandis nuptiis dabitur, T.
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spati(i) N N

space; area/expanse, room (for); intervening space, gap/interval; length/width; race course, lap, circuit; closed way/walk, turn; track (planet); act of play; interval, time, extent, period, term; duration; distance; area; size; bulk

Latin-English dictionary > spatium
15 spatium

spătĭum, ii, n. [root spa-, to draw; Gr. spaô; span-, to stretch; Gr. spanis, want; cf.: penomai, penês; Germ. spannen; Dor. spadion (=stadion), race-course; cf. Lat. penuria], room, a space (very freq. and class.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.: est natura loci spatiumque profundi, Quod neque percurrere flumina possint, Nec, etc.... Usque adeo passim patet ingens copia rebus;
Finibus exemptis,
Lucr. 1, 1002; 5, 370; 1, 389:
locus ac spatium, quod inane vocamus,
id. 1, 426; cf. id. 1, 523:
per totum caeli spatium diffundere sese (solis lux),
id. 4, 202; cf.:
tres pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,
Verg. E. 3, 105:
flumen Dubis paene totum oppidum cingit: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, mons continet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 38:
temporibus rerum et spatiis locorum animadversis,
id. B. C. 3, 61 fin.:
quod spatium non esset agitandi,
Nep. Eum. 5, 4:
spatium loci,
Quint. 8, 3, 84:
spatio distante,
Ov. M. 11, 715.—
B.
In partic.
1.
A (limited) space, distance, interval (syn. intervallum):
siderum genus spatiis immutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans,
Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:
magno spatio paucis diebus confecto,
Caes. B. G. 3, 29:
itineris spatium,
id. B. C. 1, 24 fin.:
viae spatium,
the distance, length, Ov. M. 8, 794:
trabes paribus intermissae spatiis (shortly before: paribus intervallis),
Caes. B. G. 7, 23; cf.:
alios ineunt cursus aliosque recursus Adversi spatiis,
Verg. A. 5, 584 Coningt. ad loc.:
hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque aberat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43:
inter duas acies tantum erat relictum spatii, ut, etc.,
id. B. C. 3, 92:
cum Viridorix contra eum duum milium spatio consedisset,
id. B. G. 3, 17:
magnum spatium abesse,
id. ib. 2, 17:
quo tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio institueretur?
id. ib. 2, 30:
tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire,
id. B. C. 2, 16 fin.:
jamque tenebat Nox medium caeli spatium,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 101:
illi medio in spatio chorus Occurrit,
Verg. A. 10, 219:
dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum, etc.,
Nep. Eum. 9, 1:
spatium discrimina fallit,
the distance, Ov. M. 8, 577.—
b.
Size, bulk, extent:
dum spatium victi considerat hostis (serpentis),
Ov. M. 3, 95:
elephantis,
Luc. 9, 732:
oris Et colli, ov. M. 2, 672: dat spatium collo,
id. ib. 3, 195:
breve lateris,
Juv. 6, 503; cf.:
quod sit homini spatium a vestigio ad verticem,
Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77:
spatia montis,
id. 35, 1, 1, § 2:
spatium admirabile rhombi,
very large, Juv. 4, 39:
vasti corporis,
Sen. Hippol. 806:
plantae Herculis,
Gell. 1, 1, 2: trahit aures in spatium, in length, i. e. lengthens them out, Ov. M. 11, 176; so,
in spatium,
id. ib. 2, 197; 7, 783; Sil. 13, 562.—
2.
An open space for walking, racing, etc., in.
a.
A walk, promenade; a public place or square, etc. (cf. ambulatio):
urbs delubris distincta spatiisque communibus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41:
templaque et innumeris spatia interstincta columnis,
i. e. colonnades, porticos, Stat. S. 3, 5, 90:
quin igitur ad illa spatia nostra sedesque pergimus, ubi cum satis erit deambulatum, requiescemus,
Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14:
spatia silvestria,
id. ib. 1, 5, 15:
orator ex Academiae spatiis,
id. Or. 3, 12 (quoted by Quint. 12, 2, 23, and by Tac. Or. 32):
Academiae non sine causā nobilitata spatia,
Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in level spaces, i. e. plains, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 42:
ille actus habenā Curvatis fertur spatiis,
Verg. A. 7, 381.—
b.
A race-course, track:
sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia,
Enn. Ann. 18, 22:
nec vero velim quasi decurso spatio a calce ad carceres revocari,
Cic. Sen. 23, 83:
amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:
cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia,
Verg. G. 1, 513 Forbig. ad loc.:
hic ad Elei metas et maxuma campi Sudabit spatia,
id. ib. 3, 202: signoque repente Corripiunt spatia [p. 1736] audito, id. A. 5, 316:
tritumque relinquunt Quadrijugi spatium,
Ov. M. 2, 168; cf.:
equi Pulsabant pedibus spatium declivis Olympi,
id. ib. 6, 487:
abstulere me velut de spatio Graeciae res immixtae Romanis,
Liv. 35, 40, 1:
nobilis equos cursus et spatia probant,
Tac. Or. 39.—
c.
Poet., in gen., room or space in a building:
Phocus in interius spatium pulchrosque recessus Cecropidas ducit,
the inner space, the interior, Ov. M. 7, 670.—
3.
Transf., the action of walking, a walk, promenade; a turn, course:
cum in ambulationem ventum esset, Scaevolam, duobus spatiis tribusve factis, dixisse, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf. id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Suet. Aug. 83:
si interdum ad forum deducimur, si uno basilicae spatio honestamur,
Cic. Mur. 34, 70:
septem spatiis circo meruere coronam,
Ov. Hal. 68:
(agitatores) septimo spatio palmae appropinquant,
Sen. Ep. 30, 13.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Of time.
1.
In gen., a space of time, interval, period:
spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt,
Caes. B. G. 6, 18:
spatium praeteriti temporis,
Cic. Arch. 1, 1:
quantum fuit diei spatium,
as the portion of the day allowed, Caes. B. G. 2, 11 fin.:
annuum spatium,
id. B. C. 3, 3:
annuum, menstruum, diurnum, nocturnum,
Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:
dierum triginta,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:
parvo dilexit spatio Minoida Theseus,
Prop. 2, 24, 43 (3, 19, 27):
spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:
in brevi spatio mutantur secla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so,
in brevi spatio,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2:
aliquid longo spatio tenere,
Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:
me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,
id. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:
hoc interim spatio conclave illud concidisse,
id. de Or. 2, 86, 353:
spatia annorum,
Prop. 3 (4), 21, 31:
spatium juventae Transire,
Ov. M. 15, 225:
illa dies... incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi,
id. ib. 15, 874:
post sexagesimum vitae spatium,
i. e. after the sixtieth year, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170.—
2.
In partic.
a.
Of a portion of time in which to do any thing, space, time, leisure, opportunity:
neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14:
nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,
Cic. Quint. 1, 4:
irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare,
Liv. 8, 32:
ubicumque datum erat spatium solitudinis,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 55:
quantum spatii nobis datur,
Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:
tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,
Verg. A. 4, 433: ne properes, oro;
spatium pro munere posco,
Ov. R. Am. 277:
proin quicquid est, da tempus ac spatium tibi. Quod ratio non quit, saepe sanavit mora,
Sen. Agam. 2, 129.—Esp.: spatium (aliquid, nihil spatii, etc.) alicui faciendi or ad faciendum aliquid, time to do a thing:
breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 85:
ut Ne esset spatium cogitandi ad disturbandas nuptias,
Ter. And. 1, 2, 11:
quam longum spatium amandi amicam tibi dedi!
id. Hec. 4, 4, 62:
dare alicui spatium ad se colligendum,
Cic. Caecin. 2, 6:
ad scribendum,
id. Fam. 15, 17, 1:
pila in hostes coniciendi,
Caes. B. G. 1, 52; 4, 13; Ov. M. 10, 163:
nec fuit spatium ad contrahenda castra,
Caes. B. G. 7, 40:
cum erit spatium, utrumque praestabo,
Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:
si spatium ad dicendum habuissemus,
id. Verr. 1, 18, 56:
spatium sumamus ad cogitandum,
id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:
sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 3 fin.:
vix explicandi ordines spatium Etruscis fuit,
Liv. 2, 46, 3:
spatium Vitellianis datum refugiendi,
Tac. H. 2, 25.—Rarely with dat.:
spatium quidem tandem adparandis nuptiis, vocandi, sacruficandi dabitur paululum,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 20.—
b.
A year of life:
quosdam (morbos) post sexagesimum vitae spatium non accidere,
Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170. —
c.
Metrical time, measure, quantity:
trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus,
Cic. Or. 57, 193; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 18:
neu sermo subsultet imparibus spatiis ac sonis, miscens longa brevibus, etc.,
id. 11, 3, 43; cf. id. 11, 3, 40; 11, 3, 17 al.—
B.
(Acc. to I. B.) A path, course, race, track:
ut eadem spatia quinque stellae dispari motu cursuque conficiant,
Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178:
quid mihi opu'st, decurso aetatis spatio, cum meis gerere bellum?
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:
prope jam excurso spatio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6:
te vero, mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur,
Verg. A. 9, 275: deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12, 40; cf.:
quemadmodum simus in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti,
id. Brut. 90, 307:
currenti spatium praemonstra,
Lucr. 6, 93:
pede inoffenso spatium decurrere vitae,
Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 33; Sen. Troad. 398.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > spatium
16 vestigium

vestīgĭum, ii, n. [id.], a footstep, step; footprint, foot-track, track.
I.
Lit.:
currentium pes vestigium facit,
Quint. 9, 4, 67:
hac socci video vestigium in pulvere,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 29:
hominis,
Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 9:
in foro vestigium facere,
i. e. to set foot in the market, Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:
ponere vestigia,
id. Phil. 3, 12, 31:
facere vestigium in possessione,
id. Caecin. 14, 39:
vestigiis persequi aliquem,
id. Brut. 90, 307:
vestigiis sequi hostem,
Liv. 9, 45, 16: eodem remanere vestigio, to stay in the same spot or place, Caes. B. G. 4, 2:
negans e republicā esse, vestigium abscedi ab Hannibale,
the distance of a step, Liv. 27, 4, 1:
deus ille, quem mente noscimus, atque in animi notione tamquam in vestigio volumus reponere,
Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 37.—
B.
Transf.
1.
The part of the foot which makes a print, the sole of the foot: qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; Cat. 64, 162; Verg. A. 5, 566.—
2.
A horseshoe:
vestigium equi excussum ungulā,
Plin. 28, 20, 81, § 263.—
3.
In gen., a trace, mark, sign, token, vestige:
praesertim cum in lectulo decumanae mulieris vestigia viderent recentia,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 79; id. de Or. 3, 2, 6; Caes. B. G. 6, 27:
in vestigiis hujus urbis,
ruins, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 12:
semiruta murorum vestigia,
Amm. 24, 2, 6.—
II.
Trop., of manners, cha racter, etc., a footprint, trace:
a pueritiā vestigiis ingressus patriis et tuis,
Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:
amoris vestigia,
Quint. 11, 1, 59:
imprimi quaedam vestigia animo,
id. 11, 2, 4:
patris patruique vestigia premere,
Tac. A. 2, 14 fin.—
B.
Transf., of time, a point, moment, instant:
eodem et loci vestigio et temporis,
Cic. Pis. 9, 21:
in illo vestigio temporis,
Caes. B. G. 7, 25:
vestigio temporis,
at the moment, instantly, forthwith, id. B. C. 2, 26:
ut urbs ab hostibus capta eodem vestigio videretur,
at that very moment, id. ib. 2, 7.—
b.
A dverb.: e (ex) vestigio, instantly, forthwith:
repente e vestigio ex homine tamquam aliquo Circaeo poculo factus est Verres,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2; Caes. B. C. 2, 25 fin.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vestigium
17 legens

1.
lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
I.
A publicist's t. t.
A.
To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:
ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,
Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:
hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:
juste pieque legatus venio,
Liv. 1, 32:
tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,
Sall. J. 21, 4:
quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,
Gell. 7, 14, 8.—
2.
Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):
quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,
what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —
b.
Beyond the official sphere:
quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?
committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—
B.
To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):
eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,
Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:
ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 2, 6:
istum legatum iri non arbitror,
id. ib. 10, 1, 4:
ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:
Dolabella me sibi legavit,
chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:
Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,
Sall. J. 28.—
II.
A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):
Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,
Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:
usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,
Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:
Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,
id. Top. 3, 14:
cui argentum omne legatum est,
Quint. 5, 10, 62:
in argento legato,
id. 7, 2, 11.—
B.
Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:
uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,
Cic. Clu. 12, 33:
si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,
id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,
1.
lēgātus, i, m.
A.
(Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:
legatos mittere,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:
ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,
id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:
missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:
legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,
Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—
B.
(Acc. to lego, I. B.).
a.
An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:
quos legatos tute tibi legasti?
Cic. Pis. 14, 33:
qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,
id. Clu. 36, 99:
Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:
Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,
id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:
neque se ei legatum defuturum,
id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:
hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,
Cic. Pis. 35, 86:
(Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,
id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:
quaestorius,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:
L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,
id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:
magnitudo et splendor legati,
Liv. 38, 58, 9:
in magna legatum quaere popina,
Juv. 8, 172.—
b.
Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
(β).
Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:
Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;
legatus praetorius,
Tac. Agr. 7.—
2.
lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:
legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,
Dig. 30, 116:
Hortensii legata cognovi,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:
reliqua legata varie dedit,
Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:
legatum peto ex testamento,
Quint. 4, 2, 6:
jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,
Suet. Dom. 8:
cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,
Juv. 9, 62:
legatorum genera sunt quattuor,
Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
2.
lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
oleam,
Cato, R. R. 144:
nuces,
Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:
herbas collibus,
Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:
roscida mala,
id. ib. 8, 38:
flores in calathos,
Ov. F. 5, 218:
spolia caesorum,
Liv. 5, 39:
quos (montanos asparagos),
Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:
ossa,
Ov. H. 10, 150:
homini mortuo ossa,
Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:
reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,
Suet. Aug. 100. —
B.
Esp.
1.
To take out, pick out, extract, remove:
quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,
Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:
ossa vivis,
id. ad Marc. 22, 3:
ossa in capite lecta,
id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:
ossa e vulneribus,
Quint. 6, 1, 30.—
2.
To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):
oleam qui legerit,
Cato, R. R. 144, 1:
ficus non erat apta legi,
Ov. F. 2, 254.—
3.
Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:
extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,
i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:
quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,
Ov. F. 3, 462:
stamen,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—
4.
Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:
omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,
Verg. G. 1, 373:
vela legunt socii,
id. A. 3, 532:
ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,
Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:
prora funem legit Argus ab alta,
draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:
ancoras classis legit,
is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—
5.
To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:
majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,
Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:
sacra divum,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:
soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,
Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—
6.
Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):
nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,
Ov. M. 5, 579:
pars cetera pontum Pone legit,
sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:
vada dura lego,
id. ib. 3, 706:
freta,
id. ib. 3, 127:
aequora Afra,
Ov. F. 4, 289:
Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,
id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:
subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,
id. M. 3, 17; cf.:
et vestigia retro Observata legit,
Verg. A. 9, 392:
tortos orbes,
to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—
7.
To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):
Inarimen Prochytenque legit,
Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:
navibus oram Italiae,
Liv. 21, 51 fin.:
oram Campaniae,
Suet. Tib. 11; cf.
terram,
id. Aug. 16. —
8.
Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):
alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,
pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:
judices,
Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:
omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,
id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:
scribam,
to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:
condiciones nubendi,
id. Cael. 15:
cives in patres,
Liv. 23, 22:
viros ad bella,
Ov. M. 7, 669:
geminasque legit de classe biremes,
Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:
senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,
Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—
* (β).
With inf.:
fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,
Stat. Th. 1, 530.
II.
Trop.
* A.
To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:
nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—
B.
To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
* 1.
In gen.:
tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,
Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—
2.
In partic., to read or peruse a writing:
ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,
Cic. Top. 1:
defensionem causae,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:
legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:
aliquid studiose intenteque,
Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:
significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,
id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:
liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,
Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:
orationem,
Quint. 1, 1, 6:
aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,
Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:
antiquos et novos,
Quint. 2, 5, 23:
antiquos studiosius,
id. 3, 6, 62:
poëtas,
id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:
Horatius fere solus legi dignus,
Quint. 10, 1, 96:
si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,
id. 10, 1, 116:
dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,
Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:
sepulcra legens,
when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:
legentium plerisque,
Liv. 1 praef. §
4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,
to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:
nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,
Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:
legendi usus,
Lact. 3, 25, 9:
memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,
Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—
b.
In partic.
(α).
To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):
convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:
audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,
Plin. Ep. 9, 34:
obturem impune legentibus aures,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:
quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,
with recitation, id. A. P. 475:
quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,
to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—
(β).
To find in an author or a writing:
ut scriptum legimus,
Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:
legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,
id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:
ego vero haec scripta legi,
id. Planc. 39, 94:
praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,
Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:
in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,
Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—
C.
A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;
v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,
Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,
argentum,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:
ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:
uxor lectissima,
id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
(verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,
id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:
nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,
id. Or. 68, 227:
juvenum lectissime,
Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:
viginti lectis equitum comitatus,
Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):
ab lego lecte ac lectissime,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:
lectius,
Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > legens
18 lego

1.
lēgo, āvi, ātum (archaic perf. legassit for legaverit, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148), 1, v. a. [lex; and therefore qs. lege creare], a publicist's and jurid. t. t.
I.
A publicist's t. t.
A.
To send with a commission or charge, to send on an embassy, send as ambassador; to depute, despatch:
ne hoc quidem senatui relinquebas, ut legati ex ejus ordinis auctoritate legarentur,
Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:
hominem honestum ac nobilem legarunt ad Apronium,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114: eos privatae rei causa legari, id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:
juste pieque legatus venio,
Liv. 1, 32:
tres adulescentes in Africam legantur, qui reges adeant, etc.,
Sall. J. 21, 4:
quos Athenienses Romam ad senatum legaverant impetratum, etc.,
Gell. 7, 14, 8.—
2.
Transf. to the commission itself (ante- and post-class.):
quae verba legaverint Rhodii ad hostium ducem,
what they told him through their deputies, Gell. 15, 31 in lemm. —
b.
Beyond the official sphere:
quin potius, quod legatum est tibi negotium, Id curas?
committed, intrusted, Plaut. Cas. 1, 12.—
B.
To appoint or choose as deputy (as the official assistant, lieutenant, of a general or governor):
eum (Messium) Caesari legarat Appius,
Cic. Att. 4, 15, 9:
ego me a Pompeio legari ita sum passus, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 4, 2, 6:
istum legatum iri non arbitror,
id. ib. 10, 1, 4:
ne legaretur Gabinius Pompeio expetenti,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:
Dolabella me sibi legavit,
chose me for his lieutenant, id. Att. 15, 11, 4:
Calpurnius parato exercitu legat sibi homines nobiles, etc.,
Sall. J. 28.—
II.
A jurid. t. t.: aliquid, to appoint by a last will or testament, to leave or bequeath as a legacy (class.):
Numitori, qui stirpis maximus erat, regnum vetustum Silviae gentis legat,
Liv. 1, 3: legavit quidam uxori mundum omne penumque, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 3:
usumfructum omnium bonorum Caesenniae legat,
Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:
Fabiae pecunia legata est a viro,
id. Top. 3, 14:
cui argentum omne legatum est,
Quint. 5, 10, 62:
in argento legato,
id. 7, 2, 11.—
B.
Aliquid alicui ab aliquo, to leave one a legacy to be paid by the principal heir:
uxori testamento legat grandem pecuniam a filio, si qui natus esset: ab secundo herede nihil legat,
Cic. Clu. 12, 33:
si paterfamilias uxori ancillarum usum fructum legavit a filio, neque a secundo herede legavit,
id. Top. 4, 21; Quint. 7, 9, 5.—Hence,
1.
lēgātus, i, m.
A.
(Acc. to lego, I. A.) An ambassador, legate, Cic. Vatin. 15, 35:
legatos mittere,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:
ad senatum legatos de aliqua re mittere,
id. de Or. 2, 37, 155; cf.:
missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:
legatos mittere ad indicendum bellum,
Liv. 31, 8; Ov. M. 14, 527.—
B.
(Acc. to lego, I. B.).
a.
An official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general:
quos legatos tute tibi legasti?
Cic. Pis. 14, 33:
qui M. Aemilio legati fuerunt,
id. Clu. 36, 99:
Quintus frater meus legatus est Caesaris,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Off. 3, 20, 79; cf.:
Murena summo imperatori legatus L. Lucullo fuit, qua in legatione duxit exercitum, etc.,
id. Mur. 9, 20; 14, 32:
neque se ei legatum defuturum,
id. Phil. 11, 7, 17; Val. Max. 5, 5, 1:
hiberna cum legato praefectoque tradidisses,
Cic. Pis. 35, 86:
(Calvisius) duos legatos Uticae reliquerat,
id. Phil. 3, 10 fin.:
quaestorius,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56; Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.:
L. Caesar, cujus pater Caesaris erat legatus,
id. B. C. 1, 8, 2:
magnitudo et splendor legati,
Liv. 38, 58, 9:
in magna legatum quaere popina,
Juv. 8, 172.—
b.
Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province by the emperor, Tac. A. 12, 40; id. Agr. 33; Suet. Vesp. 4; Spart. Hadr. 3 et saep.; cf. legatio, I. B. 2., and Orell. ad Tac. Agr. 9.—
(β).
Legati legionum, commanders, Suet. Tib. 19; id. Vesp. 4; cf.:
Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 52; Tac. A. 2, 36; id. H. 1, 7.—Also called;
legatus praetorius,
Tac. Agr. 7.—
2.
lēgātum, i, n. (acc. to lego, II.), a bequest, legacy:
legatum est delibatio hereditatis, qua testator ex eo, quod universum heredis foret, alicui quid collatum velit,
Dig. 30, 116:
Hortensii legata cognovi,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9:
reliqua legata varie dedit,
Suet. Aug. 101; id. Tib. 48:
legatum peto ex testamento,
Quint. 4, 2, 6:
jus capiendi legata alicui adimere,
Suet. Dom. 8:
cymbala pulsantis legatum amici,
Juv. 9, 62:
legatorum genera sunt quattuor,
Gai. Inst. 2, 192; cf. sqq.
2.
lĕgo, lēgi, lectum ( gen. plur. part. legentum, Ov. Tr. 1. 7, 25), 3, v. a. [Gr. legô, logos, logas, etc.; Lat. legumen, di-leg-ens, neg-leg-o, etc.; cf. Germ. lesen], to bring together, to gather, collect.
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
oleam,
Cato, R. R. 144:
nuces,
Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 265:
herbas collibus,
Ov. M. 14, 347: flores et humi nascentia fraga, [p. 1048] Verg. E. 3, 92; cf.:
roscida mala,
id. ib. 8, 38:
flores in calathos,
Ov. F. 5, 218:
spolia caesorum,
Liv. 5, 39:
quos (montanos asparagos),
Juv. 11, 69.—Of the dead who have been burned:
ossa,
Ov. H. 10, 150:
homini mortuo ossa,
Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de Ira, 2, 33, 6; cf. Quint. 8, 5, 21; Lact. de Mort. Persec. 21, 11:
reliquias legerunt primores equestris ordinis,
Suet. Aug. 100. —
B.
Esp.
1.
To take out, pick out, extract, remove:
quibusdam et radi ossa et legi... quae sine totius pernicie corporis haerere non poterant,
Sen. Prov. 1, 3, 2:
ossa vivis,
id. ad Marc. 22, 3:
ossa in capite lecta,
id. Ben. 5, 24, 3:
ossa e vulneribus,
Quint. 6, 1, 30.—
2.
To pluck, strip, gather fruit from (a tree, etc.):
oleam qui legerit,
Cato, R. R. 144, 1:
ficus non erat apta legi,
Ov. F. 2, 254.—
3.
Poet.: legere fila, to wind up:
extrema Lauso Parcae fila legunt,
i. e. spin the last thread of life, Verg. A. 10, 815; cf.:
quae dedit ingrato fila legenda viro,
Ov. F. 3, 462:
stamen,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 40 (42).—
4.
Naut. t. t.: vela legere, to draw together, furl:
omnis navita ponto umida vela legit,
Verg. G. 1, 373:
vela legunt socii,
id. A. 3, 532:
ipse dabit tenera vela, legetque manu,
Ov. H. 15, 215; Val. Fl. 2, 13:
prora funem legit Argus ab alta,
draws in, takes in, id. 1, 312:
ancoras classis legit,
is weighing anchor, Sen. Troad. 759.—
5.
To take to one's self unjustly, to carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract (not in Cic.): omnia viscatis manibus leget, omnia sumet: crede mihi, auferet omnia, Lucil. ap. Non. 332 and 396, 4:
majus esse maleficium stuprare ingenuam quam sacrum legere,
Auct. Her. 2, 30 fin.:
sacra divum,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 117:
soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas,
Verg. A. 10, 79 Serv. ad loc. (but Forbig. renders legere here as = eligere, sumere; cf. 8. infra).—
6.
Of places, to go, pass, or wander through ( poet.):
nec me studiosius altera saltus Legit,
Ov. M. 5, 579:
pars cetera pontum Pone legit,
sails through, Verg. A. 2, 207:
vada dura lego,
id. ib. 3, 706:
freta,
id. ib. 3, 127:
aequora Afra,
Ov. F. 4, 289:
Ioniumque rapax Icariumque legit,
id. ib. 4, 566: vestigia alicujus, to follow one's footsteps, to track or pursue him:
subsequitur pressoque legit vestigia gressu,
id. M. 3, 17; cf.:
et vestigia retro Observata legit,
Verg. A. 9, 392:
tortos orbes,
to wander through, id. ib. 12, 481.—
7.
To pass or sail by, to skirt, to coast along a shore, land, or place (mostly poet.):
Inarimen Prochytenque legit,
Ov. M. 14, 89; 15, 705; 709: primi litoris oram, coast along, i. e. not enter into details, Verg. G. 2, 44; id. E. 8, 7:
navibus oram Italiae,
Liv. 21, 51 fin.:
oram Campaniae,
Suet. Tib. 11; cf.
terram,
id. Aug. 16. —
8.
Pregn., to choose from a number, to pick out, single out, select, elect (class.):
alia esse oportet forma quem tu pugno legeris,
pick out to fight with, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 160:
judices,
Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:
omnia, quae leget quaeque reiciet,
id. Fin. 4, 15, 40:
scribam,
to elect, appoint, id. Clu. 45, 126:
condiciones nubendi,
id. Cael. 15:
cives in patres,
Liv. 23, 22:
viros ad bella,
Ov. M. 7, 669:
geminasque legit de classe biremes,
Verg. A. 8, 79: legit virum vir, each one singles out his man (of the combatants in a battle), id. ib. 11, 632:
senatum ad modum pristinum redegit duabus lectionibus: prima ipsorum arbitratu, quo vir virum legit,
Suet. Aug. 35; Tac. H. 1, 18: neque ejus legendam filiam (sc. virginem Vestalem) qui domicilium in Italia non haberet, At. Cap. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 8.—
* (β).
With inf.:
fidissima custos Lecta sacrum justae veneri occultare pudorem,
Stat. Th. 1, 530.
II.
Trop.
* A.
To catch up, i. e. overhear a conversation:
nunc huc concedam, ut horum sermonem legam,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 21 (cf. sublegere, id. Mil. 4, 2. 98).—
B.
To catch with the eye, to view, observe, behold, survey, see.
* 1.
In gen.:
tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine posset Adversos legere,
Verg. A. 6, 755 Heyne ad loc.; and cf. Verg. A. 6, 34.—
2.
In partic., to read or peruse a writing:
ut eos libros per te ipse legeres,
Cic. Top. 1:
defensionem causae,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112:
legi apud Clitomachum, A. Albium jocantem dixisse, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 45, 137:
aliquid studiose intenteque,
Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 1:
significas legisse te in quadam epistula mea, jussisse Verginium, etc.,
id. ib. 9, 19, 1: philosophorum consultorumque opiniones, Quint. 12, 11, 17:
liber tuus et lectus est et legitur a me diligenter,
Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1:
orationem,
Quint. 1, 1, 6:
aiunt multum legendum esse non multa,
Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 15.—With a pers. obj.:
antiquos et novos,
Quint. 2, 5, 23:
antiquos studiosius,
id. 3, 6, 62:
poëtas,
id. 1, 4, 4. —In pass.:
Horatius fere solus legi dignus,
Quint. 10, 1, 96:
si cum judicio legatur Cassius Severus,
id. 10, 1, 116:
dumque legar, mecum pariter tua fama legetur,
Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 5:
sepulcra legens,
when reading epitaphs, Cic. de Sen. 7, 21:
legentium plerisque,
Liv. 1 praef. §
4: opus nescio an minimae legentibus futurum voluptati,
to my readers, Quint. 3, 1, 2; cf. id. 9, 4, 2; 2, 5, 3:
nec Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata,
Juv. 13, 121.— Absol.:
legendi usus,
Lact. 3, 25, 9:
memoriam continuus legendi usus instruit,
Macr. S. 1, 5, 1.—
b.
In partic.
(α).
To read out, read aloud, recite (esp. freq. in post-Aug. authors):
convocatis auditoribus volumen legere, etc.,
Cic. Brut. 51, 191: codicem pro contione, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 4, 8:
audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus, orationes enim commodius,
Plin. Ep. 9, 34:
obturem impune legentibus aures,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105:
quem vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo,
with recitation, id. A. P. 475:
quis dabit historico quantum daret acta legenti,
to read him the news, Juv. 7, 104.—
(β).
To find in an author or a writing:
ut scriptum legimus,
Cic. Deiot. 7, 19:
legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, etc.,
id. N. D. 2. 49 init.:
ego vero haec scripta legi,
id. Planc. 39, 94:
praeterea scriptum legimus, Gallos in venatibus tinguere sagittas,
Gell. 17, 15, 7. relatum legere, Nep. praef. 1.— Pass.:
in aliis codicibus non peccato sed peccatis legitur,
Aug. Cont. Jul. Rel. 1, 22; id. Don. Persev. 6 init. al.—
C.
A publicist's t. t.: legere senatum, to read over or call off the names of senators (which was done by the censors;
v. lectio, II. A. 2.): censores fideli concordia senatum legerunt,
Liv. 40, 51; 9, 29; 9, 30; 9, 46; 43, 15 al.—Hence, lĕgens, entis, Part. as subst. m., a reader ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for lector), Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25.— Plur., Liv. praef. 4; Quint. 3, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44; Tac. A. 4, 33.—Also, lectus, a, um, P. a., chosen, picked out, selected; choice, excellent (class.): argenti lectae numeratae minae, good, i. e. of full weight, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 50; so,
argentum,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 3:
ut neque vir melior neque lectior femina in terris sit,
Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
lectissimi viri atque ornatissimi,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15; cf. id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:
uxor lectissima,
id. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
(verbis) lectis atque illustribus uti,
id. de Or. 3, 37, 150:
nihil est aliud... pulcre et oratorie dicere nisi optimis sententiis verbisque lectissimis dicere,
id. Or. 68, 227:
juvenum lectissime,
Stat. S. 5, 1, 247; cf.:
viginti lectis equitum comitatus,
Verg. A. 9, 48.—Hence, adv.: lectē, choicely, selectly (very rare):
ab lego lecte ac lectissime,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 36 Müll.— Comp.:
lectius,
Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2 (al. lecta).

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19 vea

vĭa ( vĕa, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 14), ae ( gen. sing. vias, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P., or Ann. v. 421 Vahl.; viāï, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16, or Ann. v. 209 ib.; Lucr. 1, 406; 1, 659; 2, 249 et saep.; dat. plur. VIEIS, Inscr. Lat. 206, 50), f. [Sanscr. vah-āmi, bring, lead; Gr. ochos, ochêma, vehicle; Germ. Wagen; Engl. wagon; from this root are also veho, vexo, etc.], a way, in the most general sense (for men, beasts, or carriages, within or without a city), a highway, road, path, street.
I.
Lit.
1.
In gen.:
viae latitudo ex lege duodecim tabularum in porrectum octo pedes habet, in anfractum, id est ubi flexum est, sedecim,
Dig. 8, 3, 8:
Romam in montibus positam et convallibus, non optimis viis, angustissimis semitis,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:
et modo quae fuerat semita, facta via est,
Mart. 7, 61, 4:
aut viam aut semitam monstret,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 30:
mi opsistere in viā,
id. Curc. 2, 3, 5:
ire in viā,
Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 42:
omnibus viis notis semitisque essedarios ex silvis emittebat,
Caes. B. G. 5, 19 (opp. semita), id. ib. 7, 8; Liv. 44, 43, 1; cf.:
decedam ego illi de viā,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 80; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 8:
paulum ad dexteram de viā declinavi,
Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:
decedere viā,
Suet. Tib. 31:
aestuosa et pulverulenta via,
Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:
quā (viā) Sequanis invitis propter angustias ire non poterant,
Caes. B. G. 1, 9:
cursare huc illuc viā deterrimā,
Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2:
in viam se dare,
to set out on a journey, id. Fam. 14, 12:
te neque navigationi neque viae committere,
id. ib. 16, 4, 1:
tu abi tuam viam,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 88:
milites monuit, viā omnes irent, nec deverti quemquam paterentur,
along the highway, Liv. 25, 9, 4.—In a double sense:
ire publicā viā,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 35.—Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):
de viā in semitam degredi,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 40:
totā errare viā,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14.—
2.
In partic., as the name of a particular street or road:
tres ergo viae, a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia,
Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22:
Via Appia,
id. Mil. 6, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 6;
v. Appius: Via Campana,
Suet. Aug. 94;
v. Campania: Sacra Via, in Rome, in the fourth region,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.; Fest. p. 290 ib.; Cic. Planc. 7, 17; Hor. Epod. 4, 7; 7, 8:
Via Sacra,
id. S. 1, 9, 1;
also written as one word, SACRAVIA,
Inscr. Grut. 638, 7; 1033, 1; cf. Charis. p. 6 P.; Diom. p. 401 ib. (v. sacer, I. A.); cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 219 sq.— Hence, Sacrăvĭenses, ĭum, m., those dwelling on the Sacra Via, Fest. s. v. October equus, p. 178 Müll.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Abstr., like our way, for march, journey (syn. iter):
cum de viā languerem,
Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:
nisi de viā fessus esset,
id. Ac. 1, 1, 1: tridui via, a three days' march or journey, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:
bidui,
id. ib. 6, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:
longitudo viae,
Liv. 37, 33, 3:
flecte viam velis,
Verg. A. 5, 28:
tum via tuta maris,
Ov. M. 11, 747:
feci Longa Pherecleā per freta puppe vias,
id. H. 16, 22:
ne inter vias praeterbitamus, metuo,
by the way, on the road, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Turp. ap. Non. p. 538, 8 et saep.—
2.
In gen., a way, passage, channel, pipe, etc.; thus, a lane in a camp, Caes. B. G. 5, 49; a passage between the seats of a theatre, Mart. 5, 14, 8; Tert. Spect. 3; of the veins:
omnes ejus (sanguinis) viae,
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; of the chyle ducts:
quaedam a medio intestino usque ad portas jecoris ductae et directae viae,
id. ib.; the windpipe, Ov. M. 15, 344; 14, 498; a cleft through which any thing penetrates, Verg. G. 2, 79; cf. Ov. M. 11, 515; the path or track of an arrow, Verg. A. 5, 526; a stripe in a party-colored fabric, Tib. 2, 3, 54 et saep.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., a way, method, mode, manner, fashion, etc., of doing any thing, course (cf. modus):
vitae,
Cic. Fl. 42, 105; id. Agr. 1, 9, 27; id. Sest. 67, 140; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26; Sen. Brev. Vit. 9, 5; Lact. Epit. 67, 12:
via vivendi,
Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:
rectam vitae viam sequi,
id. ib.:
Socrates hanc viam ad gloriam proximam dicebat esse,
id. ib. 2, 12, 43:
haec ad aeternam gloriam via est,
Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18:
haec una via omnibus ad salutem visa est,
Liv. 36, 27, 8:
invenire viam ad mortem,
Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 12:
totidem ad mortem viae sunt,
Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 6:
cum eum hortarer ut eam laudis viam rectissimam esse duceret,
Cic. Brut. 81, 281: haec est una via laudis, id. Sest. 65, 137:
totam ignoras viam gloriae,
id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:
quae tum promptissima mortis via, exsolvit venas,
Tac. A. 16, 17:
habeo certam viam atque rationem, quā omnes illorum conatus investigare et consequi possim,
Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48:
defensionis ratio viaque,
id. ib. 2, 5, 1, §
4: non tam justitiae quam litigandi tradunt vias,
id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:
docendi via,
id. Or. 32, 114:
optimarum artium vias tradere,
id. Div. 2, 1, 1:
(di) non... nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam,
id. ib. 2, 49, 102:
rectam instas viam,
i. e. you speak correctly, truly, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 41.—Adverb.: rectā viā, directly:
ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28.—
B.
Pregn. (cf. ratio), the right way, the true method, mode, or manner:
ingressu'st viam, i. e. rectam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273:
in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,
rationally and methodically, Cic. Or. 33, 116:
ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,
id. Fin. 1, 9, 29.—Adverb.: viā, rightly, properly (opp. to wandering out of the way):
ipsus eam rem secum reputavit viā,
Ter. And. 2, 6, 11:
viā et arte dicere,
Cic. Brut. 12, 46. —
C.
Viam perficere, i. e. to attain an end, Just. Inst. proöem. 1.

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20 via

vĭa ( vĕa, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 14), ae ( gen. sing. vias, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P., or Ann. v. 421 Vahl.; viāï, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16, or Ann. v. 209 ib.; Lucr. 1, 406; 1, 659; 2, 249 et saep.; dat. plur. VIEIS, Inscr. Lat. 206, 50), f. [Sanscr. vah-āmi, bring, lead; Gr. ochos, ochêma, vehicle; Germ. Wagen; Engl. wagon; from this root are also veho, vexo, etc.], a way, in the most general sense (for men, beasts, or carriages, within or without a city), a highway, road, path, street.
I.
Lit.
1.
In gen.:
viae latitudo ex lege duodecim tabularum in porrectum octo pedes habet, in anfractum, id est ubi flexum est, sedecim,
Dig. 8, 3, 8:
Romam in montibus positam et convallibus, non optimis viis, angustissimis semitis,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96:
et modo quae fuerat semita, facta via est,
Mart. 7, 61, 4:
aut viam aut semitam monstret,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 30:
mi opsistere in viā,
id. Curc. 2, 3, 5:
ire in viā,
Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 42:
omnibus viis notis semitisque essedarios ex silvis emittebat,
Caes. B. G. 5, 19 (opp. semita), id. ib. 7, 8; Liv. 44, 43, 1; cf.:
decedam ego illi de viā,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 80; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 8:
paulum ad dexteram de viā declinavi,
Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:
decedere viā,
Suet. Tib. 31:
aestuosa et pulverulenta via,
Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:
quā (viā) Sequanis invitis propter angustias ire non poterant,
Caes. B. G. 1, 9:
cursare huc illuc viā deterrimā,
Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2:
in viam se dare,
to set out on a journey, id. Fam. 14, 12:
te neque navigationi neque viae committere,
id. ib. 16, 4, 1:
tu abi tuam viam,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 88:
milites monuit, viā omnes irent, nec deverti quemquam paterentur,
along the highway, Liv. 25, 9, 4.—In a double sense:
ire publicā viā,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 35.—Prov.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):
de viā in semitam degredi,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 40:
totā errare viā,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14.—
2.
In partic., as the name of a particular street or road:
tres ergo viae, a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia,
Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22:
Via Appia,
id. Mil. 6, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 6;
v. Appius: Via Campana,
Suet. Aug. 94;
v. Campania: Sacra Via, in Rome, in the fourth region,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 47 Müll.; Fest. p. 290 ib.; Cic. Planc. 7, 17; Hor. Epod. 4, 7; 7, 8:
Via Sacra,
id. S. 1, 9, 1;
also written as one word, SACRAVIA,
Inscr. Grut. 638, 7; 1033, 1; cf. Charis. p. 6 P.; Diom. p. 401 ib. (v. sacer, I. A.); cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 219 sq.— Hence, Sacrăvĭenses, ĭum, m., those dwelling on the Sacra Via, Fest. s. v. October equus, p. 178 Müll.—
B.
Transf.
1.
Abstr., like our way, for march, journey (syn. iter):
cum de viā languerem,
Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:
nisi de viā fessus esset,
id. Ac. 1, 1, 1: tridui via, a three days' march or journey, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:
bidui,
id. ib. 6, 7; Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:
longitudo viae,
Liv. 37, 33, 3:
flecte viam velis,
Verg. A. 5, 28:
tum via tuta maris,
Ov. M. 11, 747:
feci Longa Pherecleā per freta puppe vias,
id. H. 16, 22:
ne inter vias praeterbitamus, metuo,
by the way, on the road, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 43; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1; Turp. ap. Non. p. 538, 8 et saep.—
2.
In gen., a way, passage, channel, pipe, etc.; thus, a lane in a camp, Caes. B. G. 5, 49; a passage between the seats of a theatre, Mart. 5, 14, 8; Tert. Spect. 3; of the veins:
omnes ejus (sanguinis) viae,
Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; of the chyle ducts:
quaedam a medio intestino usque ad portas jecoris ductae et directae viae,
id. ib.; the windpipe, Ov. M. 15, 344; 14, 498; a cleft through which any thing penetrates, Verg. G. 2, 79; cf. Ov. M. 11, 515; the path or track of an arrow, Verg. A. 5, 526; a stripe in a party-colored fabric, Tib. 2, 3, 54 et saep.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen., a way, method, mode, manner, fashion, etc., of doing any thing, course (cf. modus):
vitae,
Cic. Fl. 42, 105; id. Agr. 1, 9, 27; id. Sest. 67, 140; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 26; Sen. Brev. Vit. 9, 5; Lact. Epit. 67, 12:
via vivendi,
Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:
rectam vitae viam sequi,
id. ib.:
Socrates hanc viam ad gloriam proximam dicebat esse,
id. ib. 2, 12, 43:
haec ad aeternam gloriam via est,
Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18:
haec una via omnibus ad salutem visa est,
Liv. 36, 27, 8:
invenire viam ad mortem,
Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 12:
totidem ad mortem viae sunt,
Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 6:
cum eum hortarer ut eam laudis viam rectissimam esse duceret,
Cic. Brut. 81, 281: haec est una via laudis, id. Sest. 65, 137:
totam ignoras viam gloriae,
id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:
quae tum promptissima mortis via, exsolvit venas,
Tac. A. 16, 17:
habeo certam viam atque rationem, quā omnes illorum conatus investigare et consequi possim,
Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48:
defensionis ratio viaque,
id. ib. 2, 5, 1, §
4: non tam justitiae quam litigandi tradunt vias,
id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:
docendi via,
id. Or. 32, 114:
optimarum artium vias tradere,
id. Div. 2, 1, 1:
(di) non... nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam,
id. ib. 2, 49, 102:
rectam instas viam,
i. e. you speak correctly, truly, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 41.—Adverb.: rectā viā, directly:
ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28.—
B.
Pregn. (cf. ratio), the right way, the true method, mode, or manner:
ingressu'st viam, i. e. rectam,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273:
in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,
rationally and methodically, Cic. Or. 33, 116:
ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,
id. Fin. 1, 9, 29.—Adverb.: viā, rightly, properly (opp. to wandering out of the way):
ipsus eam rem secum reputavit viā,
Ter. And. 2, 6, 11:
viā et arte dicere,
Cic. Brut. 12, 46. —
C.
Viam perficere, i. e. to attain an end, Just. Inst. proöem. 1.

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