thoroughly instructed

fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a. [root FUD; Gr. CHU, cheW-, in cheô, cheusô;

Lat. futis, futtilis, ec-futio, re-futo, etc.,

Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 204 sq. ], to pour, pour out, shed.

Lit., of fluids.

In gen.:

(natura terram) sucum venis cogebat fundere apertis Consimilem lactis, etc.,

Lucr. 5, 812:

sanguinem e patera,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46:

novum liquorem (i. e. vinum) de patera,

Hor. C. 1, 31, 3:

vina paterā in aras,

Ov. M. 9, 160; cf.:

vinum inter cornua,

id. ib. 7, 594:

vinum super aequora,

id. ib. 11, 247:

duo rite mero libans carchesia Baccho Fundit humi,

Verg. A. 5, 78:

laticem urnis,

Ov. M. 3, 172:

lacrimas,

Verg. A. 3, 348: cf. Ov. M. [p. 793] 5, 540:

fundit Anigros aquas,

pours out, id. ib. 15, 282:

parumne fusum est Latini sanguinis?

shed, spilt, Hor. Epod. 7, 4:

sanguine ob rem publicam fuso,

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

sanguinem de regno (i. e. propter regnum),

Curt. 10, 5.—Mid.:

memorandum, in septem lacus eum (Strymonem) fundi,

discharges itself, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 38:

ingentibus procellis fusus imber,

pouring, Liv. 6, 8, 7; 6, 32, 6; cf.:

sanguis in corporibus fusus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 77, 310.—

In partic.

Of metals, to make by melting, to melt, cast, found:

exolevit fundendi aeris pretiosi ratio,

Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 5; cf. id. 34, 7, 18, § 46:

caldarium (aes) funditur tantum, malleis fragile,

id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

aere fuso,

id. 34, 11, 24, § 107:

vitrum,

id. 34, 14, 42, § 148:

glandes, Auct. B. Afr. 20, 3: Theodorus ipse se ex aere fudit,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 83:

ne statuam quidem inchoari, cum ejus membra fundentur,

Quint. 2, 1, 12:

fusis omnibus membris (statuae),

id. 7 praef. §

2: olim quaerere amabam, Quid sculptum infabre, quid fusum durius esset,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 22.—

In medic. lang.: aliquem, to cause one to have fluid stools, to relax the bowels (opp. comprimere): si compresserit aliquem morbus aut fuderit, Cels. praef. med.; cf. under P. a.—

Transf.

To wet, moisten, bathe with a liquid ( poet. and very rare):

(ossa) niveo fundere lacte,

Tib. 3, 2, 20:

multo tempora funde mero,

id. 1, 7, 50.—

Of things non-fluid.

In gen., to pour forth in abundance, to scatter, cast, hurl; to spread, extend, diffuse:

desectam cum stramento segetem corbibus fudere in Tiberim,

Liv. 2, 5, 3:

picem reliquasque res, quibus ignis excitari potest, fundebant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 24, 4:

tela,

Val. Fl. 3, 243:

sagittam,

Sil. 7, 647:

(solis) radios per opaca domorum,

Lucr. 2, 115:

quas (maculas) incuria fudit,

has scattered, Hor. A. P. 352:

fundunt se carcere laeti Thraces equi,

pour themselves forth, rush out, Val. Fl. 1, 611:

se cuncta manus ratibus,

id. 2, 662:

littera fundens se in charta,

Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81:

luna se fundebat per fenestras,

Verg. A. 3, 152.—Mid.:

ne (vitis) in omnes partes nimia fundatur,

spread out, Cic. de Sen. 15, 52:

homines fusi per agros ac dispersi,

Cic. Sest. 42, 91.—

In partic.

With the accessory notion of production, to bring forth, bear or produce (in abundance):

crescunt arbusta et fetus in tempore fundunt,

Lucr. 1, 351; cf.:

terra feta frugibus et vario leguminum genere, quae cum maxima largitate fundit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

flores aut fruges aut bacas,

id. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

frugem,

id. de Sen. 15, 51:

plus materiae (vites),

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 192:

cum centesimo Leontini campi fundunt,

id. 18, 10, 21, § 95:

facile illa (piscium ova) aqua et sustinentur et fetum fundunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 129:

(terra) animal prope certo tempore fudit Omne,

Lucr. 5, 823; cf. ib. 917:

fudit equum magno tellus percussa tridenti,

Verg. G. 1, 13:

Africa asinorum silvestrium multitudinem fundit,

Plin. 8, 30, 46, § 108: quae te beluam ex utero, non hominem fudit, Cic. Pis. init.; Verg. A. 8, 139, v. Forbig. ad h. l.—

With the secondary notion of depth or downward direction, to throw or cast to the ground, to prostrate:

(victi hostes) et de jugis, quae ceperant, funduntur,

Liv. 9, 43, 20:

nec prius absistit, quam septem ingentia victor Corpora (cervorum) fundat humi,

Verg. A. 1, 193; cf. Ov. M. 13, 85; Sil. 4, 533:

aliquem arcu,

Val. Fl. 1, 446.—In middle force:

fundi in alga,

to lie down, Val. Fl. 1, 252.—Esp. freq. milit. t. t., overthrow, overcome, rout, vanquish an enemy:

hostes nefarios prostravit, fudit, occidit,

Cic. Phil. 14, 10, 27; cf.:

exercitus caesus fususque,

id. ib. 14, 1, 1:

aliquos caedere, fundere atque fugare,

Sall. J. 58, 3:

Gaetulos,

id. ib. 88, 3:

classes fusae fugataeque,

id. ib. 79, 4; cf.:

si vi fudisset cecidissetque hostes,

Liv. 35, 1, 8:

hostes de jugis,

id. 9, 43, 20:

Gallos de delubris vestris,

id. 6, 16, 2:

eas omnes copias a se uno proelio fusas ac superatas esse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 8; cf.:

Massilienses crebris eruptionibus fusi,

id. B. C. 2, 22, 1:

Latini ad Veserim fusi et fugati,

Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; Liv. 2, 6 fin.:

quatuor exercitus Carthaginiensium fudi, fugavi, Hispania expuli,

id. 28, 28, 9; cf. Drak. on 38, 53, 2;

less freq. in a reversed order: alios arma sumentes fugant funduntque,

Sall. J. 21, 2; Vell. 2, 46 fin.: omnibus hostium copiis fusis armisque exutis, Caes. B. G. 3, 6, 3:

magnas copias hostium fudit,

Cic. Mur. 9, 20:

Sabinos equitatu fudit,

id. Rep. 2, 20:

Armeniorum copias,

id. Arch. 9, 21:

maximas copias parva manu,

Sall. C. 7, 7.

Trop.

Ingen., to pour out or forth, to spread out, extend, display:

imago de corpore fusa,

Lucr. 4, 53:

animam moribundo corpore fudit,

id. 3, 1033; cf. id. 3, 700:

concidit ac multo vitam cum sanguine fudit,

Verg. A. 2, 532:

circuli (appellantur), quod mixta farina et caseo et aqua circuitum aequabiliter fundebant,

poured out, spread out, Varr. L. L. 5, § 106:

quem secutus Cicero hanc famam latius fudit,

Quint. 11, 2, 14; cf. id. 10, 5, 11:

cum vero causa ea inciderit, in qua vis eloquentiae possit expromi: tum se latius fundet orator,

will display himself, Cic. Or. 36, 125:

superstitio, fusa per gentes,

id. Div. 2, 72 init.; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 84:

neque se tanta in eo (Cicerone) fudisset ubertas,

id. 12, 2, 23:

fundet opes, Latiumque beabit divite lingua,

riches of expression, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 121. —Mid.:

quamquam negant, nec virtutes nec vitia crescere: tamen utrumque eorum fundi quodammodo et quasi dilatari putant,

to be diffused, Cic. Fin. 3, 15, 48; cf.:

modo virtus latius funditur,

Sen. Ep. 74, 27; and:

semper ex eo, quod maximas partes continet latissimeque funditur, tota res appellatur,

id. 5, 30, 92:

saepe in amplificanda re funditur numerose et volubiliter oratio,

id. Or. 62, 210.—

In partic., of speech, to pour forth, utter:

per quam (arteriam) vox principium a mente ducens percipitur et funditur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149; cf.:

e quibus elici vocem et fundi videmus,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 56:

inanes sonos,

id. ib. 5, 26, 73 (for which:

inani voce sonare,

id. Fin. 2, 15, 48):

sonum,

id. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

verba poëtarum more (opp. ratione et arte distinguere),

id. Fin. 4, 4, 10:

versus hexametros aliosque variis modis atque numeris ex tempore,

id. de Or. 3, 50, 194; cf.:

grave plenumque carmen,

id. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

tam bonos septenarios ad tibiam,

id. ib. 1, 44, 107:

physicorum oracula,

id. N. D. 1, 26, 66:

has ore loquelas,

Verg. A. 5, 842:

preces pectore ab imo,

id. ib. 6, 55; so,

preces,

id. ib. 5, 234; Hor. Epod. 17, 53:

mera mendacia,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 33:

jam tu verba fundis hic, sapientia?

you waste, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 7:

opprobria rustica,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 146:

iras inanes,

Val. Fl. 3, 697:

vehemens et liquidus puroque simillimus amni Fundet opes,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 121:

preces,

App. M. 11, p. 258, 4; Tac. A. 14, 30; Aug. in Psa. 25, 10 al.—Hence, fūsus, a, um, P. a., spread out, extended, broad, large, copious, diffuse.

Lit.:

(aër) tum fusus et extenuatus sublime fertur, tum autem concretus in nubes cogitur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: fusior alvus, i. e. more relaxed (opp. astrictior), Cels. 1, 3 med.:

toga (opp. restricta),

wide, full, Suet. Aug. 73:

Gallorum fusa et candida corpora,

full, plump, Liv. 38, 21, 9:

campi in omnem partem,

extended, Verg. A. 6, 440; cf.:

non fusior ulli Terra fuit domino,

a broader, larger kingdom, Luc. 4, 670.—

Trop., copious, diffuse; flowing, free:

genus sermonis non liquidum, non fusum ac profluens,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; cf.:

constricta an latius fusa narratio,

Quint. 2, 13, 5:

materia abundantior atque ultra quam oporteat fusa,

id. 2, 4, 7:

ut illud, quod ad omnem honestatem pertinet, decorum, quam late fusum sit, appareat,

Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 5:

(vox) in egressionibus fusa et securae claritatis (opp. contracta),

unrestrained, free, id. 11, 3, 64:

periodus,

id. 9, 4, 128:

fusiores liberioresque numeri,

id. 130:

lingua Graeca prolixior fusiorque quam nostra,

Gell. 2, 26, 7:

in locis ac descriptionibus fusi ac fluentes,

Quint. 9, 4, 138:

plenior Aeschines et magis fusus,

id. 10, 1, 77:

dulcis et candidus et fusus Herodotus (opp. densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides),

id. 10, 1, 73.— Sup. seems not to occur.— Adv.: fūse.

(Acc. to A.) Spread out, extended:

(manus) fusius paulo in diversum resolvitur,

Quint. 11, 3, 97.—

(Acc. to B.) Copiously, at length, diffusely:

quae fuse olim disputabantur ac libere, ea nunc articulatim distincteque dicuntur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 36:

multa dicere fuse lateque,

id. Tusc. 4, 26, 57:

fuse lateque dicendi facultas,

id. Or. 32, 113:

fuse et copiose augere et ornate aliquid (opp. brevia et acuta),

id. Fin. 3, 7, 26.— Comp.:

haec cum uberius disputantur et fusius (opp. brevius angustiusque concluduntur),

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

fusius et ornatius rem exponere,

Quint. 4, 2, 128.— Sup. seems not to occur.

fundo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [fundus], to lay the bottom, keel, foundation of a thing, to found (syn.: condo, exstruo, etc.).

Lit. (perh. only poet.):

haec carina satis probe fundata et bene statuta est,

i. e. is laid, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 44 (v. Ritschl ad h. l.);

dum mea puppis erat validā fundata carinā,

Ov. P. 4, 3, 5; id. H. 16, 111:

Erycino in vertice sedes fundatur Veneri Idaliae,

is founded, Verg. A. 5, 759: sedes saxo vetusto. id. ib. 8, 478:

arces,

id. ib. 4, 260.—

Transf., in gen., to fasten, secure, make firm:

dente tenaci Ancora fundabat naves,

Verg. A. 6, 4:

(genus humanum) Et majoribus et solidis magis ossibus intus Fundatum,

Lucr. 5, 928; 4, 828.—

Trop., to found, establish, fix, confirm (class., esp. in part. perf.; cf.:

firmo, stabilio): illud vero maxime nostrum fundavit imperium et populi Romani nomen auxit, quod, etc.,

Cic. Balb. 13, 31; cf.:

quantis laboribus fundatum imperium,

id. Cat. 4, 9, 19:

qui (rei publicae status) bonorum omnium conjunctione et auctoritate consulatus mei fixus et fundatus videbatur,

id. Att. 1, 16, 6:

accurate non modo fundata verum etiam exstructa disciplina,

id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; cf.:

fundati a doctore,

thoroughly instructed, Lact. 6, 21, 4:

res publica praeclare fundata,

Cic. Par. 1, 2, 10; cf.:

qui legibus urbem Fundavit,

Verg. A. 6, 810:

in eorum agro sedes fundare Bastarnis,

Liv. 40, 57, 5:

libertatem, salutem, securitatem,

Plin. Pan. 8, 1:

jus civile,

Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 39:

vacuos Penates prole,

Stat. S. 4, 7, 30; cf.:

thalamos Tritonide nympha,

i. e. to marry, Sil. 2, 65:

partis et fundatis amicitiis,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 7, 25:

fundatae atque optime constitutae opes,

Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 1; cf.:

nitidis fundata pecunia villis,

well laid out, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 46:

nihil veritate fundatum,

Cic. Fl. 11, 26; cf. Lucr. 5, 161.— Hence, fundātus, a, um, P. a., firm, fixed, grounded, durable (very rare).

Lit.:

quo fundatior erit ex arenato directura, etc.,

Vitr. 7, 3 med.:

si permanetis in fide fundati,

Vulg. Col. 1, 23.—

Trop.: deflevi subitas fundatissimae familiae ruinas, Auct. Or. pro Domo, 36, 96.

mĕdĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. madh-a, wisdom; Gr. mathos, manthanô, mêdomai; cf.: medeor, re-med-ium, etc.]; act., to think or reflect upon, to muse over, consider, meditate upon; neutr., to think, reflect, muse, consider, meditate; to design, purpose, intend, etc.; constr. with acc., with ad, de, with dat., with inf., with a rel.-clause, or absol. (class.).

Lit.

With acc.:

semulque cursuram meditabor ad ludos Olympios,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

ea para, meditare, cogita, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 2:

nihil aliud cogitare, meditari, curare nisi, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

forum, subsellia, rostra curiamque,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

fugam ad legiones,

Suet. Tib. 65:

cor tuum meditabitur timorem,

i. e. promote by meditation, Vulg. Isa. 33, 18.—

With ad; ne ad eam rem meditere, Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 1:

ad hujus vitae studium meditati illi sunt qui feruntur labores tui,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 26.—

With de:

ut de tua ratione meditere,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4.—

With dat. (ante-class.):

nugis,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107. —

With inf.:

jam designatus alio incessu esse meditabatur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

multos annos regnare meditatus magno labore,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

cum animo meditaretur proficisci in Persas,

Nep. Ages. 4.—

With a rel.-clause:

ea nunc meditabor quo modo illi dicam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 42:

meditabor, quo modo cum illo loquar,

Cic. Att. 9, 17, 1:

quid contra dicerem, mecum ipse meditabor,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 1:

meditare, quibus verbis incensam illius cupiditatem comprimas,

id. Pis. 25, 59.—

Absol.:

multis modis meditatus egomet mecum sum,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 1:

egressus ad meditandum in agro,

Vulg. Gen. 24, 63. —

Transf., to meditate, study, exercise one's self in, practise a thing:

nugas est meditatus male,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107:

Demosthenes perfecit meditando, ut nemo planius esse locutus putaretur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

Demosthenes in litore meditans,

Quint. 10, 3, 30:

quid Crassus ageret meditandi aut discendi causā,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 136:

aut in foro dicere aut meditari extra forum,

id. Brut. 88, 302:

musam,

Verg. E. 1, 2:

arma,

Veg. Mil. 1, 20:

proelia,

Juv. 4, 112.— Transf., of animals:

cervi editos partus exercent cursu, et fugam meditari docent,

to practise flight, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 113.—Of things: semper cauda scorpionis in ictu est: nulloque momento meditari cessat, to move as in readiness to strike, i. e. to threaten, Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 87:

semina meditantur aristas,

Prud. Cath. 10, 132; also, to murmur, utter a sad cry:

clamabo, meditabor ut columba,

Vulg. Isa. 38, 14; 59, 11.—

In pass. signif. (in verb. fin. post-class. and very rare):

adulteria meditantur,

Min. Fel. Oct. 25, 1.—But freq. in part. perf.: mĕdĭtā-tus, a, um.

Exercised, practised, instructed (only Plautin.):

cumque huc ad adulescentem meditatum probe mittam,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 88:

probe meditatam utramque duco,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 29:

murmura,

Juv. 6, 539.—

Thought upon, meditated, weighed, considered, studied:

meditati sunt doli docte,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 30:

ea, quae meditata et praeparata inferuntur,

Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

meditatum et cogitatum scelus,

id. Phil. 2, 34, 85:

meditatum cogitatumque verbum,

id. ib. 10, 2, 6:

accuratae et meditatae commentationes,

id. de Or. 1, 60, 257:

oratio,

Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12:

doli,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31: meditata et composita oratio (opp. extemporized), Suet. Aug. 84. — Subst.: mĕdĭtāta, ōrum, n., a carefully prepared speech:

sive meditata sive subita proferret,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭtātē, thoughtfully, designedly, intentionally (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

ne tu illorum mores perquam meditate tenes,

knowest thoroughly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 16:

hau male meditate male dicax es,

id. Curc. 4, 2, 26:

effundere probra,

Sen. Const. Sap. 11, 3.

mĕdĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. madh-a, wisdom; Gr. mathos, manthanô, mêdomai; cf.: medeor, re-med-ium, etc.]; act., to think or reflect upon, to muse over, consider, meditate upon; neutr., to think, reflect, muse, consider, meditate; to design, purpose, intend, etc.; constr. with acc., with ad, de, with dat., with inf., with a rel.-clause, or absol. (class.).

Lit.

With acc.:

semulque cursuram meditabor ad ludos Olympios,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 34:

ea para, meditare, cogita, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 2, 5, 2:

nihil aliud cogitare, meditari, curare nisi, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

forum, subsellia, rostra curiamque,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

fugam ad legiones,

Suet. Tib. 65:

cor tuum meditabitur timorem,

i. e. promote by meditation, Vulg. Isa. 33, 18.—

With ad; ne ad eam rem meditere, Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 1:

ad hujus vitae studium meditati illi sunt qui feruntur labores tui,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 26.—

With de:

ut de tua ratione meditere,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4.—

With dat. (ante-class.):

nugis,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107. —

With inf.:

jam designatus alio incessu esse meditabatur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

multos annos regnare meditatus magno labore,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

cum animo meditaretur proficisci in Persas,

Nep. Ages. 4.—

With a rel.-clause:

ea nunc meditabor quo modo illi dicam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 42:

meditabor, quo modo cum illo loquar,

Cic. Att. 9, 17, 1:

quid contra dicerem, mecum ipse meditabor,

id. N. D. 3, 1, 1:

meditare, quibus verbis incensam illius cupiditatem comprimas,

id. Pis. 25, 59.—

Absol.:

multis modis meditatus egomet mecum sum,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 1:

egressus ad meditandum in agro,

Vulg. Gen. 24, 63. —

Transf., to meditate, study, exercise one's self in, practise a thing:

nugas est meditatus male,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 107:

Demosthenes perfecit meditando, ut nemo planius esse locutus putaretur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

Demosthenes in litore meditans,

Quint. 10, 3, 30:

quid Crassus ageret meditandi aut discendi causā,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 136:

aut in foro dicere aut meditari extra forum,

id. Brut. 88, 302:

musam,

Verg. E. 1, 2:

arma,

Veg. Mil. 1, 20:

proelia,

Juv. 4, 112.— Transf., of animals:

cervi editos partus exercent cursu, et fugam meditari docent,

to practise flight, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 113.—Of things: semper cauda scorpionis in ictu est: nulloque momento meditari cessat, to move as in readiness to strike, i. e. to threaten, Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 87:

semina meditantur aristas,

Prud. Cath. 10, 132; also, to murmur, utter a sad cry:

clamabo, meditabor ut columba,

Vulg. Isa. 38, 14; 59, 11.—

In pass. signif. (in verb. fin. post-class. and very rare):

adulteria meditantur,

Min. Fel. Oct. 25, 1.—But freq. in part. perf.: mĕdĭtā-tus, a, um.

Exercised, practised, instructed (only Plautin.):

cumque huc ad adulescentem meditatum probe mittam,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 88:

probe meditatam utramque duco,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 29:

murmura,

Juv. 6, 539.—

Thought upon, meditated, weighed, considered, studied:

meditati sunt doli docte,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 30:

ea, quae meditata et praeparata inferuntur,

Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

meditatum et cogitatum scelus,

id. Phil. 2, 34, 85:

meditatum cogitatumque verbum,

id. ib. 10, 2, 6:

accuratae et meditatae commentationes,

id. de Or. 1, 60, 257:

oratio,

Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12:

doli,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31: meditata et composita oratio (opp. extemporized), Suet. Aug. 84. — Subst.: mĕdĭtāta, ōrum, n., a carefully prepared speech:

sive meditata sive subita proferret,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭtātē, thoughtfully, designedly, intentionally (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

ne tu illorum mores perquam meditate tenes,

knowest thoroughly, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 16:

hau male meditate male dicax es,

id. Curc. 4, 2, 26:

effundere probra,

Sen. Const. Sap. 11, 3.