tie+together

cōnecto (less correctly, connecto, v. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.; Gell. 2, 17, 8), nexŭi, nexum, 3, v. a. [necto], to tie, bind, fasten, or join together, to connect, entwine, link together (class.; most freq. in part. pass. and the trop. signif.); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.

Lit.:

id (palliolum) conexum in umero laevo,

folded, gathered, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

omnia inter se conexa et apta,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

omnia omnimodis,

Lucr. 2, 700:

terrestria membra marinis,

id. 2, 704; 2, 712; 3, 691:

illae (apes) pedibus conexae ad limina pendent,

Verg. G. 4, 257; cf. Sil. 2, 220:

crines,

Prop. 2, 5, 23:

nodos,

Ov. M. 12, 430:

bracchia in genibus digitis conexa tenere,

id. ib. 9, 311:

naves validis utrimque trabibus,

Tac. H. 2, 34:

Mosellam atque Ararim facta inter utrumque fossa,

id. A. 13, 53; cf.:

Adiabenis conectuntur Carduchi,

Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44:

lata alvus (navium) sine vinculo aeris aut ferri conexa,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae,

Curt. 4, 9, 3.—

Trop.

In gen.:

amicitia cum voluptate conectitur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67; Quint. 8, 3, 77:

ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia,

id. 10, 1, 2; 5, 14, 32; cf.

Tib. 43:

membra historiae,

Quint. 9, 4, 129 al.:

quod discrimini patris filiam conectebat,

to implicate, involve, Tac. A. 16, 30; cf. id. ib. 16, 32:

causam dolori meo,

id. ib. 3, 12; id. H. 1, 65.—

Esp.,

In discourse, to connect with what precedes, join to, etc.:

facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

illud non est in uno verbo translato, sed ex pluribus continuatis conectitur,

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

inter se pleraque conexa et apta,

id. Part. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 10, 1, 2: verba lyrae conectere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 86:

carmina secum gracili filo,

Col. 10, 227:

res ac verba,

Quint. 2, 4, 15; 9, 4, 58:

conexa oratio (opp. interrupta),

id. 9, 4, 7:

aliam majorem insaniam,

to join to, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; hence also: versus orationesque ejus, to quote, cite, Treb. Gall. 11 fin. —

In philos. lang., = concludo, to annex or subjoin a logical conclusion:

si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis, etc.... illud quoque verum est, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 6, 12; 7, 14:

omne, quod ipsum ex se conexum sit (e. g. si lucet, lucet) verum esse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Hence, cō-nexus, a, um, P. a., = conjunctus, connected, joined, cohering together with something (very rare):

sive aliud quid vis potius conexius (quam animus) ei (sc. corpori) fingere,

Lucr. 3, 555:

Silanum per adfinitatem conexum Germanico,

Tac. A. 2, 43;

so also without affinitas, of relationship: Caesari,

id. ib. 2, 50;

4, 66: insequitur magno jam tunc conexus amore Patroclus,

Stat. Achill. 1, 174.—

In time, immediately following:

conexi his funeribus dies,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—Hence, subst.: cōnexum ( conn-), i, a necessary consequence, inevitable inference:

ipsa ratio conexi, cum concesseris superius, cogit inferius concedere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

primumque quod est in conexo... necessarium est,

id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 8, 15: quod Graeci sunêmmenon axiôma dicunt, alii nostrorum conjunctum, alii conexum dixerunt, Gell. 16, 8, 9; cf. the context.—And adv.: cōnexē ( conn-), in connection, connectedly:

dicere aliquid,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 387.

cōnecto (less correctly, connecto, v. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.; Gell. 2, 17, 8), nexŭi, nexum, 3, v. a. [necto], to tie, bind, fasten, or join together, to connect, entwine, link together (class.; most freq. in part. pass. and the trop. signif.); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.

Lit.:

id (palliolum) conexum in umero laevo,

folded, gathered, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

omnia inter se conexa et apta,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

omnia omnimodis,

Lucr. 2, 700:

terrestria membra marinis,

id. 2, 704; 2, 712; 3, 691:

illae (apes) pedibus conexae ad limina pendent,

Verg. G. 4, 257; cf. Sil. 2, 220:

crines,

Prop. 2, 5, 23:

nodos,

Ov. M. 12, 430:

bracchia in genibus digitis conexa tenere,

id. ib. 9, 311:

naves validis utrimque trabibus,

Tac. H. 2, 34:

Mosellam atque Ararim facta inter utrumque fossa,

id. A. 13, 53; cf.:

Adiabenis conectuntur Carduchi,

Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44:

lata alvus (navium) sine vinculo aeris aut ferri conexa,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae,

Curt. 4, 9, 3.—

Trop.

In gen.:

amicitia cum voluptate conectitur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67; Quint. 8, 3, 77:

ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia,

id. 10, 1, 2; 5, 14, 32; cf.

Tib. 43:

membra historiae,

Quint. 9, 4, 129 al.:

quod discrimini patris filiam conectebat,

to implicate, involve, Tac. A. 16, 30; cf. id. ib. 16, 32:

causam dolori meo,

id. ib. 3, 12; id. H. 1, 65.—

Esp.,

In discourse, to connect with what precedes, join to, etc.:

facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

illud non est in uno verbo translato, sed ex pluribus continuatis conectitur,

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

inter se pleraque conexa et apta,

id. Part. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 10, 1, 2: verba lyrae conectere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 86:

carmina secum gracili filo,

Col. 10, 227:

res ac verba,

Quint. 2, 4, 15; 9, 4, 58:

conexa oratio (opp. interrupta),

id. 9, 4, 7:

aliam majorem insaniam,

to join to, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; hence also: versus orationesque ejus, to quote, cite, Treb. Gall. 11 fin. —

In philos. lang., = concludo, to annex or subjoin a logical conclusion:

si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis, etc.... illud quoque verum est, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 6, 12; 7, 14:

omne, quod ipsum ex se conexum sit (e. g. si lucet, lucet) verum esse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Hence, cō-nexus, a, um, P. a., = conjunctus, connected, joined, cohering together with something (very rare):

sive aliud quid vis potius conexius (quam animus) ei (sc. corpori) fingere,

Lucr. 3, 555:

Silanum per adfinitatem conexum Germanico,

Tac. A. 2, 43;

so also without affinitas, of relationship: Caesari,

id. ib. 2, 50;

4, 66: insequitur magno jam tunc conexus amore Patroclus,

Stat. Achill. 1, 174.—

In time, immediately following:

conexi his funeribus dies,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—Hence, subst.: cōnexum ( conn-), i, a necessary consequence, inevitable inference:

ipsa ratio conexi, cum concesseris superius, cogit inferius concedere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

primumque quod est in conexo... necessarium est,

id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 8, 15: quod Graeci sunêmmenon axiôma dicunt, alii nostrorum conjunctum, alii conexum dixerunt, Gell. 16, 8, 9; cf. the context.—And adv.: cōnexē ( conn-), in connection, connectedly:

dicere aliquid,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 387.

cōnecto (less correctly, connecto, v. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.; Gell. 2, 17, 8), nexŭi, nexum, 3, v. a. [necto], to tie, bind, fasten, or join together, to connect, entwine, link together (class.; most freq. in part. pass. and the trop. signif.); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.

Lit.:

id (palliolum) conexum in umero laevo,

folded, gathered, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

omnia inter se conexa et apta,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

omnia omnimodis,

Lucr. 2, 700:

terrestria membra marinis,

id. 2, 704; 2, 712; 3, 691:

illae (apes) pedibus conexae ad limina pendent,

Verg. G. 4, 257; cf. Sil. 2, 220:

crines,

Prop. 2, 5, 23:

nodos,

Ov. M. 12, 430:

bracchia in genibus digitis conexa tenere,

id. ib. 9, 311:

naves validis utrimque trabibus,

Tac. H. 2, 34:

Mosellam atque Ararim facta inter utrumque fossa,

id. A. 13, 53; cf.:

Adiabenis conectuntur Carduchi,

Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44:

lata alvus (navium) sine vinculo aeris aut ferri conexa,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae,

Curt. 4, 9, 3.—

Trop.

In gen.:

amicitia cum voluptate conectitur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67; Quint. 8, 3, 77:

ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia,

id. 10, 1, 2; 5, 14, 32; cf.

Tib. 43:

membra historiae,

Quint. 9, 4, 129 al.:

quod discrimini patris filiam conectebat,

to implicate, involve, Tac. A. 16, 30; cf. id. ib. 16, 32:

causam dolori meo,

id. ib. 3, 12; id. H. 1, 65.—

Esp.,

In discourse, to connect with what precedes, join to, etc.:

facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

illud non est in uno verbo translato, sed ex pluribus continuatis conectitur,

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

inter se pleraque conexa et apta,

id. Part. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 10, 1, 2: verba lyrae conectere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 86:

carmina secum gracili filo,

Col. 10, 227:

res ac verba,

Quint. 2, 4, 15; 9, 4, 58:

conexa oratio (opp. interrupta),

id. 9, 4, 7:

aliam majorem insaniam,

to join to, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; hence also: versus orationesque ejus, to quote, cite, Treb. Gall. 11 fin. —

In philos. lang., = concludo, to annex or subjoin a logical conclusion:

si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis, etc.... illud quoque verum est, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 6, 12; 7, 14:

omne, quod ipsum ex se conexum sit (e. g. si lucet, lucet) verum esse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Hence, cō-nexus, a, um, P. a., = conjunctus, connected, joined, cohering together with something (very rare):

sive aliud quid vis potius conexius (quam animus) ei (sc. corpori) fingere,

Lucr. 3, 555:

Silanum per adfinitatem conexum Germanico,

Tac. A. 2, 43;

so also without affinitas, of relationship: Caesari,

id. ib. 2, 50;

4, 66: insequitur magno jam tunc conexus amore Patroclus,

Stat. Achill. 1, 174.—

In time, immediately following:

conexi his funeribus dies,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—Hence, subst.: cōnexum ( conn-), i, a necessary consequence, inevitable inference:

ipsa ratio conexi, cum concesseris superius, cogit inferius concedere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

primumque quod est in conexo... necessarium est,

id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 8, 15: quod Graeci sunêmmenon axiôma dicunt, alii nostrorum conjunctum, alii conexum dixerunt, Gell. 16, 8, 9; cf. the context.—And adv.: cōnexē ( conn-), in connection, connectedly:

dicere aliquid,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 387.

cōnecto (less correctly, connecto, v. Ritschl, Opusc. II. 448 sq.; Gell. 2, 17, 8), nexŭi, nexum, 3, v. a. [necto], to tie, bind, fasten, or join together, to connect, entwine, link together (class.; most freq. in part. pass. and the trop. signif.); constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.

Lit.:

id (palliolum) conexum in umero laevo,

folded, gathered, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42:

omnia inter se conexa et apta,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97:

omnia omnimodis,

Lucr. 2, 700:

terrestria membra marinis,

id. 2, 704; 2, 712; 3, 691:

illae (apes) pedibus conexae ad limina pendent,

Verg. G. 4, 257; cf. Sil. 2, 220:

crines,

Prop. 2, 5, 23:

nodos,

Ov. M. 12, 430:

bracchia in genibus digitis conexa tenere,

id. ib. 9, 311:

naves validis utrimque trabibus,

Tac. H. 2, 34:

Mosellam atque Ararim facta inter utrumque fossa,

id. A. 13, 53; cf.:

Adiabenis conectuntur Carduchi,

Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44:

lata alvus (navium) sine vinculo aeris aut ferri conexa,

Tac. H. 3, 47:

ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae,

Curt. 4, 9, 3.—

Trop.

In gen.:

amicitia cum voluptate conectitur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67; Quint. 8, 3, 77:

ita sunt inter se conexa et indiscreta omnia,

id. 10, 1, 2; 5, 14, 32; cf.

Tib. 43:

membra historiae,

Quint. 9, 4, 129 al.:

quod discrimini patris filiam conectebat,

to implicate, involve, Tac. A. 16, 30; cf. id. ib. 16, 32:

causam dolori meo,

id. ib. 3, 12; id. H. 1, 65.—

Esp.,

In discourse, to connect with what precedes, join to, etc.:

facilius est enim apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

illud non est in uno verbo translato, sed ex pluribus continuatis conectitur,

id. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

inter se pleraque conexa et apta,

id. Part. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 10, 1, 2: verba lyrae conectere, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 86:

carmina secum gracili filo,

Col. 10, 227:

res ac verba,

Quint. 2, 4, 15; 9, 4, 58:

conexa oratio (opp. interrupta),

id. 9, 4, 7:

aliam majorem insaniam,

to join to, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116; hence also: versus orationesque ejus, to quote, cite, Treb. Gall. 11 fin. —

In philos. lang., = concludo, to annex or subjoin a logical conclusion:

si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis, etc.... illud quoque verum est, etc.,

Cic. Fat. 6, 12; 7, 14:

omne, quod ipsum ex se conexum sit (e. g. si lucet, lucet) verum esse, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 30, 98.—Hence, cō-nexus, a, um, P. a., = conjunctus, connected, joined, cohering together with something (very rare):

sive aliud quid vis potius conexius (quam animus) ei (sc. corpori) fingere,

Lucr. 3, 555:

Silanum per adfinitatem conexum Germanico,

Tac. A. 2, 43;

so also without affinitas, of relationship: Caesari,

id. ib. 2, 50;

4, 66: insequitur magno jam tunc conexus amore Patroclus,

Stat. Achill. 1, 174.—

In time, immediately following:

conexi his funeribus dies,

Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—Hence, subst.: cōnexum ( conn-), i, a necessary consequence, inevitable inference:

ipsa ratio conexi, cum concesseris superius, cogit inferius concedere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96:

primumque quod est in conexo... necessarium est,

id. Fat. 7, 14; cf. id. ib. 8, 15: quod Graeci sunêmmenon axiôma dicunt, alii nostrorum conjunctum, alii conexum dixerunt, Gell. 16, 8, 9; cf. the context.—And adv.: cōnexē ( conn-), in connection, connectedly:

dicere aliquid,

Mart. Cap. 4, § 387.

con-sĕro, sēvi, sĭtum or sătum, 3, v. a. ( perf. conseruerit, Col. 3, 4, 2; Aur. Vict. Epit. 37, 3; Dig. 6, 1, 38; v. 1. sero).

To sow or plant with something (class.).

Lit.:

agros,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Verg. E. 1, 73; Cato, R. R. 6, 1; Dig. 7, 1, 9, § 6; cf.:

ager diligenter consitus,

Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

ager arbustis consitus,

Sall. J. 53, 1; and:

consitus an incultus (locus),

Quint. 5, 10, 37:

Ismara Baccho (i. e. vino),

Verg. G. 2, 38:

vineam malleolo,

Col. 5, 5, 6:

arva frumento,

Curt. 7, 4, 26.— Absol.:

in alieno fundo,

Dig. 6, 1, 38:

in alienum fundum,

ib. 41, 1, 9.—

Transf.:

arva mūliebria (Venus),

Lucr. 4, 1107; cf. Sol. 9 fin. —Hence, conserentes dii, who preside over generation, Arn. 5, 169.—

Transf., of columns, to plant, set:

aera (rostra) columnis consita,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 49.—

Trop.:

(sol) lumine conserit arva,

strews, fills, Lucr. 2, 211: consitus sum Senectute, * Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 4: caeca mentem caligine Theseus consitus, * Cat. 64, 208.—

To sow, plant:

olivetum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 24:

hoc genus oleae,

Cato, R. R. 6, 1:

arborem,

Liv. 10, 24, 5; Curt. 6, 5, 14; 7, 2, 22:

zizyphum,

Pall. Apr. 4:

palmas,

id. Oct. 12:

(vitem) Narbonicam,

Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 43; Cato ap. Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 46.—

Transf. (cf. I. B. supra): extra vallum stili caeci, mirabilem in modum consiti, set, Auct. B. Afr. 31.

con-sĕro, sĕrŭi, sertum, 3 ( perf. consevisti, Fronto, Ep. ad Ver. 8), v. a., to connect, entwine, tie, join, fit, bind into a whole (syn.: conecto, conjungo, contexo, etc.; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in the signif. II. B., and in the histt.).

In gen.

Lit.

With acc. with or without abl.:

lorica conserta hamis auroque,

Verg. A. 3, 467; cf.:

tegumen spinis,

id. ib. 3, 594 (illigatum spinis, Serv.); cf. Tac. G. 17: monile margaritis gemmisque, * Suet. Galb. 18:

vincula, quīs conserta erant vehicula,

Curt. 9, 1, 17; cf.:

conserta navigia,

entangled, id. 4, 3, 18:

scutis super capita consertis,

overlapping, id. 5, 3, 23:

rudis arbor conseritur (for navigating),

Luc. 3, 512; cf. id. 4, 136.—

With acc. and dat.:

alium (truncum) alii quasi nexu conserunt,

Curt. 6, 5, 15.—

Trop.:

quid juvat nocti conseruisse diem?

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 10:

exodia conserta fabellis Atellanis,

Liv. 7, 2, 11;

v. exodium: virtutes consertae et inter se cohaerentes,

Sen. Ep. 90, 3: ita ordo rerum tribus momentis consertus est, * Quint. 5, 10, 71:

sermonem,

to interchange words, converse, Curt. 8, 12, 5; Fronto l. l.—

In partic.

To join, connect, unite together:

teneros sinus,

Tib. 1, 8, 36:

femur femori,

id. 1, 8, 26; cf.:

latus lateri,

Ov. H. 2, 58.—

Esp., to unite in hostility, for contest, to bring together; so most freq. manum or manus, to engage in close combat, to join hand to hand, to join battle:

signa contulit, manum conseruit, magnas copias hostium fudit,

Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3; Sall. J. 50, 4; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Ages. 3, 6; Liv. 21, 41, 4 al.:

manum cum hoste,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.; Cic. Att. 7, 20, 1; Nep. Hann. 4, 2:

manus inter se,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch; Liv. 7, 40, 14; Ov. H. 12, 100:

manus cum imparibus,

Liv. 6, 12, 8:

cum hoste manus,

id. 21, 39, 3:

consertis deinde manibus,

id. 1, 25, 5:

dextras,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 60:

pugnam,

Liv. 21, 50, 1; cf. id. 21, 8, 7; Tac. A. 2, 10:

pugnam inter se,

Liv. 32, 10, 8:

pugnam seni,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 43:

proelia,

Verg. A. 2, 398; Liv. 5, 36, 5; Curt. 8, 13, 12:

certamen,

Liv. 35, 4, 2:

bella,

Val. Fl. 3, 31:

bella bellis,

Luc. 2, 442:

acies,

Sil. 1, 339; cf.:

conserta acies,

hand-to-hand fighting, Tac. A. 6, 35.— Mid.:

navis conseritur,

enters the fight, Liv. 21, 50, 3:

duo acerrimā pugnā conserti exercitus,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 1.—Rarely absol.:

levis armatura ab lateribus cum levi armaturā,

Liv. 44, 4, 6.—

Trop.:

haud ignotas belli artes inter se conserebant,

Liv. 21, 1, 2.—

Transf., of judicial controversy: manum in jure or ex jure conserere, to make a joint seizure (this was done by the litigant parties laying hands at the same time upon the thing in dispute, each one claiming it as his own): si qui in jure manum conserunt, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 10, 7: non ex jure manum consertum sed mage ferro rem repetunt, Enn. ib. § 4 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.); cf. also Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll., and Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2: ibi ego te ex jure manum consertum voco, etc., I summon you in an action for possession, etc., a judic. formula in Cic. Mur. 12, 26; id. de Or. 1, 10, 41.—Hence, * con-sertē, adv., from consertus, a, um (acc. to I. A.), not used as P. a., as if bound or fastened together, in connection:

omnia necesse est conligatione naturali conserte contexteque fieri,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32.

con-sĕro, sēvi, sĭtum or sătum, 3, v. a. ( perf. conseruerit, Col. 3, 4, 2; Aur. Vict. Epit. 37, 3; Dig. 6, 1, 38; v. 1. sero).

To sow or plant with something (class.).

Lit.:

agros,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130; Verg. E. 1, 73; Cato, R. R. 6, 1; Dig. 7, 1, 9, § 6; cf.:

ager diligenter consitus,

Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

ager arbustis consitus,

Sall. J. 53, 1; and:

consitus an incultus (locus),

Quint. 5, 10, 37:

Ismara Baccho (i. e. vino),

Verg. G. 2, 38:

vineam malleolo,

Col. 5, 5, 6:

arva frumento,

Curt. 7, 4, 26.— Absol.:

in alieno fundo,

Dig. 6, 1, 38:

in alienum fundum,

ib. 41, 1, 9.—

Transf.:

arva mūliebria (Venus),

Lucr. 4, 1107; cf. Sol. 9 fin. —Hence, conserentes dii, who preside over generation, Arn. 5, 169.—

Transf., of columns, to plant, set:

aera (rostra) columnis consita,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 49.—

Trop.:

(sol) lumine conserit arva,

strews, fills, Lucr. 2, 211: consitus sum Senectute, * Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 4: caeca mentem caligine Theseus consitus, * Cat. 64, 208.—

To sow, plant:

olivetum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 24:

hoc genus oleae,

Cato, R. R. 6, 1:

arborem,

Liv. 10, 24, 5; Curt. 6, 5, 14; 7, 2, 22:

zizyphum,

Pall. Apr. 4:

palmas,

id. Oct. 12:

(vitem) Narbonicam,

Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 43; Cato ap. Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 46.—

Transf. (cf. I. B. supra): extra vallum stili caeci, mirabilem in modum consiti, set, Auct. B. Afr. 31.

con-sĕro, sĕrŭi, sertum, 3 ( perf. consevisti, Fronto, Ep. ad Ver. 8), v. a., to connect, entwine, tie, join, fit, bind into a whole (syn.: conecto, conjungo, contexo, etc.; class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in the signif. II. B., and in the histt.).

In gen.

Lit.

With acc. with or without abl.:

lorica conserta hamis auroque,

Verg. A. 3, 467; cf.:

tegumen spinis,

id. ib. 3, 594 (illigatum spinis, Serv.); cf. Tac. G. 17: monile margaritis gemmisque, * Suet. Galb. 18:

vincula, quīs conserta erant vehicula,

Curt. 9, 1, 17; cf.:

conserta navigia,

entangled, id. 4, 3, 18:

scutis super capita consertis,

overlapping, id. 5, 3, 23:

rudis arbor conseritur (for navigating),

Luc. 3, 512; cf. id. 4, 136.—

With acc. and dat.:

alium (truncum) alii quasi nexu conserunt,

Curt. 6, 5, 15.—

Trop.:

quid juvat nocti conseruisse diem?

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 10:

exodia conserta fabellis Atellanis,

Liv. 7, 2, 11;

v. exodium: virtutes consertae et inter se cohaerentes,

Sen. Ep. 90, 3: ita ordo rerum tribus momentis consertus est, * Quint. 5, 10, 71:

sermonem,

to interchange words, converse, Curt. 8, 12, 5; Fronto l. l.—

In partic.

To join, connect, unite together:

teneros sinus,

Tib. 1, 8, 36:

femur femori,

id. 1, 8, 26; cf.:

latus lateri,

Ov. H. 2, 58.—

Esp., to unite in hostility, for contest, to bring together; so most freq. manum or manus, to engage in close combat, to join hand to hand, to join battle:

signa contulit, manum conseruit, magnas copias hostium fudit,

Cic. Mur. 9, 20; so Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3; Sall. J. 50, 4; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Ages. 3, 6; Liv. 21, 41, 4 al.:

manum cum hoste,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll.; Cic. Att. 7, 20, 1; Nep. Hann. 4, 2:

manus inter se,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 19 Dietsch; Liv. 7, 40, 14; Ov. H. 12, 100:

manus cum imparibus,

Liv. 6, 12, 8:

cum hoste manus,

id. 21, 39, 3:

consertis deinde manibus,

id. 1, 25, 5:

dextras,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 60:

pugnam,

Liv. 21, 50, 1; cf. id. 21, 8, 7; Tac. A. 2, 10:

pugnam inter se,

Liv. 32, 10, 8:

pugnam seni,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 43:

proelia,

Verg. A. 2, 398; Liv. 5, 36, 5; Curt. 8, 13, 12:

certamen,

Liv. 35, 4, 2:

bella,

Val. Fl. 3, 31:

bella bellis,

Luc. 2, 442:

acies,

Sil. 1, 339; cf.:

conserta acies,

hand-to-hand fighting, Tac. A. 6, 35.— Mid.:

navis conseritur,

enters the fight, Liv. 21, 50, 3:

duo acerrimā pugnā conserti exercitus,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 1.—Rarely absol.:

levis armatura ab lateribus cum levi armaturā,

Liv. 44, 4, 6.—

Trop.:

haud ignotas belli artes inter se conserebant,

Liv. 21, 1, 2.—

Transf., of judicial controversy: manum in jure or ex jure conserere, to make a joint seizure (this was done by the litigant parties laying hands at the same time upon the thing in dispute, each one claiming it as his own): si qui in jure manum conserunt, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 10, 7: non ex jure manum consertum sed mage ferro rem repetunt, Enn. ib. § 4 (Ann. v. 276 Vahl.); cf. also Varr. L. L. 6, § 64 Müll., and Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2: ibi ego te ex jure manum consertum voco, etc., I summon you in an action for possession, etc., a judic. formula in Cic. Mur. 12, 26; id. de Or. 1, 10, 41.—Hence, * con-sertē, adv., from consertus, a, um (acc. to I. A.), not used as P. a., as if bound or fastened together, in connection:

omnia necesse est conligatione naturali conserte contexteque fieri,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32.

stringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a. [root strig; Gr. strang-, to squeeze; stranx, a drop; cf. O. H. Germ. streng; Engl. strong], to draw tight, to bind or tie tight; to draw, bind, or press together, etc. (syn. ligo).

Lit.:

te stringam ad carnarium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 66:

stringit vitta comas,

Luc. 5, 143: caesariem crinali cultu, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 85:

stricta matutino frigore vulnera,

Liv. 22, 51:

pectora pigro gelu,

Luc. 4, 652:

strictos insedimus amnes,

Val. Fl. 1, 414:

mare gelu stringi et consistere,

Gell. 17, 8, 16:

quercus in duas partes diducta, stricta denuo et cohaesa,

having closed together, id. 15, 16, 4:

habenam,

to draw tight, Stat. Th. 11, 513:

ferrum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6.—

Transf. (through the intermediate idea of drawing close), to touch, touch upon, touch lightly or slightly, to graze (syn. tango):

litus ama, et laevas stringat sine palmula cautes,

Verg. A. 5, 163; cf.:

stringebat summas ales miserabilis undas,

Ov. M. 11, 733:

aequor (aurā),

id. ib. 4, 136:

metas interiore rotā,

id. Am. 3, 2, 12:

latus,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 24:

vestigia canis rostro,

Ov. M. 1, 536 et saep.:

equos,

to stroke, Charis. 84 P.:

tela stringentia corpus,

i. e. slightly touching, Verg. A. 10, 331; cf. Sen. Ben. 2, 6, 1:

coluber Dente pedem strinxit,

Ov. M. 11, 776:

strictus ac recreatus ex vulnere in tempus,

Flor. 4, 12, 44.—

To pull or strip off, to pluck off, cut off, clip off, prune, etc. (cf. destringo):

oleam ubi nigra erit, stringito,

Cato, R. R. 65, 1; so,

oleam,

Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 12:

bacam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 2:

quernas glandes,

Verg. G. 1, 305:

folia ex arboribus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58; Liv. 23, 30, 3:

frondes,

Verg. E. 9, 61; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28:

hordea,

Verg. G. 1, 317:

arbores,

Col. 6, 3, 7:

celeriter gladios strinxerunt,

drew from the sheath, unsheathed, Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

strictam aciem offerre,

Verg. A. 6, 291:

ensem,

id. ib. 10, 577; so,

gladios,

id. ib. 12, 278; Ov. M. 7, 333:

ensem,

id. ib. 8, 207;

14, 296: ferrum,

Liv. 7, 40 al.:

cultrum,

id. 7, 5, 5; 3, 50, 3; and poet. transf.:

manum,

to bare, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 14; id. Tr. 5, 2, 30 al.—

Trop.

Of speech, to touch upon, treat briefly, Sil. 8, 48.—Hence, to compress, abridge:

narrationis loco rem stringat,

Quint. 4, 2, 128 Spald.—

To hold in check, to rule, sway (syn. coërceo):

quaecumque meo gens barbara nutu Stringitur, adveniat,

Claud. B. Get. 371.—

To waste, consume, reduce:

praeclaram stringat malus ingluvie rem,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 8.—

(Acc. to I. B.) To touch, move, affect; esp. to affect painfully, to wound, pain:

atque animum patriae strinxit pietatis imago,

Verg. A. 9, 294:

quam tua delicto stringantur pectora nostro,

Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 21:

nomen alicujus,

id. ib. 2, 350.—

To draw in hostility, attack with:

in hostes stringatur iambus,

Ov. R. Am. 377:

bellum,

Flor. 3, 21, 1.—Hence, strictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), drawn together, close, strait, tight, etc.

Lit.:

laxaret pedem a stricto nodo,

Liv. 24, 7, 5:

duriora genti corpora, stricti artus,

Tac. G. 30:

strictissima janua,

Ov. R. Am. 233:

si strictior fuerit pedatura,

Hyg. Grom. 3, 1:

emplastrum,

thick, Scrib. Comp. 45 fin.:

venter,

i. e. bound up, costive, Veg. 3, 16:

strictior aura,

more severe, colder, Aus. Idyll. 14, 3.—

Trop.

Of language, brief, concise:

quo minus (Aeschines) strictus est,

Quint. 10, 1, 77:

qui (Demosthenes) est strictior multo (quam Cicero),

id. 12, 10, 52.—

Of character, severe, strict:

Catones,

Manil. 5, 106:

mentes,

id. 1, 769:

lex,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 87.—

Rigid, exact (law Lat.):

restitutio stricto jure non competebat,

Dig. 29, 2, 85; 39, 3, 3 al.— Adv.: strictē and strictim, closely, tightly:

in foramen conicies,

Pall. Mart. 8, 2.— Comp., Pall. 1, 6.— Sup., Gell. 16, 3, 4.—

Fig., accurately:

strictius interpretari,

Dig. 8, 2, 20.

cōpŭla, ae (contr. form cōpla, in Wernsd. Poët. Lat. Min. IV. p. 535), f. [coapio], that which binds together or binds fast, a band, rope, thong, tie (rare; not in Cic.).

Lit.: tortae, ship's rigging, Att. ap. Non. p. 200, 33 (Trag. Rel. v. 577 Rib.); Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 11:

copulā vinctum ante se Thynem agere,

Nep. Dat. 3, 2; cf.:

copula dura canem tenet,

a leash, Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 28; id. M. 7, 769; App. M. 7, p. 769:

pectora copulae sparteae triturā continuā exulcerati (muli),

id. ib. 9, p. 224 fin. —Of the clasp of a bracelet, Capitol. Max. Jun. 1, 8.—Of grapnel-hooks, etc., by which vessels were held in battle:

eādem de causā minus commode copulis continebantur (naves),

Caes. B. G. 3, 13 ex conj. (MSS. scopulis).—

Trop., a bond, tie, connection; of love:

irrupta tenet,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 18:

nuptialis,

App. M. 2, p. 120; so,

copula,

Dig. 5, 4, 24; 5, 4, 26; cf.:

(Hymenaee), copula sacra deum,

Mart. Cap. 1, § 1 Kopp ad loc.—Of friendship:

talium virorum,

Nep. Att. 5, 3.—Of words, Quint. 7, 10, 17; Nigid. ap. Gell. 10, 5, 1:

ut dignitas eloquendi copulationis ipsius decore servetur,

Mart. Cap. 5, § 509.

ob-lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

Lit.

To bind or tie around, to bind or fasten to any thing (very rare):

obligatus corio,

bound in a leathern sack, Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23:

articulis muscus obligatus,

bound upon, Plin. 26, 11, 66, § 105: cibum ovis, to bind or unite with eggs, Apic. 4, 2:

amylo spisso obligare,

id. 2, 2; 8, 2.—

To bind together, bind up (rare):

pecua ad hanc collo in crumena ego obligata defero,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 64: age obliga, obsigna cito, tie up (the letter, in order to seal it), id. Bacch. 4, 4, 96:

manipulos,

Col. 11, 2, 40.—

To bind up, bandage, swathe (class., esp. of wounds):

crus fractum,

Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 9:

vulnus,

Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 57; cf.:

medicum requirens, a quo obligetur,

to bind up his wounds, id. Tusc. 2, 16, 38; Suet. Vit. 2:

venas,

to bandage the veins, Tac. A. 6, 9:

surculum libro,

Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 2:

oculos,

Sen. Ira, 3, 11, 4:

ore obligato obsignatoque simulacrum,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 65.—

Trop.

In gen., to bind, oblige, put under an obligation, make liable, etc. (cf.:

obstringo, devincio): aliquem obligare militiae secundo sacramento,

bind by a second oath, swear in again, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36:

vadem tribus milibus aeris,

to bind in the sum of, Liv. 3, 13:

voti sponsio, quā obligamur deo,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41; Liv. 9, 11:

se nexu,

Cic. Mur. 2, 3: se in acta cujusquam, Tib. ap. Suet. Tib. 67:

se chirographo ad aliquid,

Dig. 30, 103:

aliquem sibi liberalitate,

to bind to one's self, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3:

obligabis me,

will oblige me, lay me under an obligation, Plin. Ep. 4, 4, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5:

obligari foedere,

Liv. 38, 33: pro amicis alicui obligari, to lay one's self under obligation, i. e. to solicit favors, Plin. Ep. 10, 3, 1:

obligor ipse tamen,

Ov. M. 9, 248:

obligatus ei nihil eram,

was under no obligation to him, Cic. Fam. 6, 11, 1:

me obligatum tibi fore,

id. Att. 13, 18:

obligati sunt interrogatum,

Amm. 28, 4, 10.— Poet.:

Prometheus obligatus aliti,

devoted, condemned to, Hor. Epod. 17, 67:

ergo obligatam redde Jovi dapem,

vowed, due, id. C. 2, 7, 17:

obligor, ut tangam laevi fera litora Ponti,

am compelled, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 83.—

In partic.

To render liable through guilt, to make guilly:

cum populum Romanum scelere obligāsses,

Cic. Dom. 8, 20:

votis caput,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 5:

se scelere,

Suet. Caes. 42: se furti, Scaev. ap. Gell. 7, 15, 2.— Pass., to be guilty of, to commit an offence:

est enim periculum, ne aut neglectis iis impiā fraude, aut susceptis anili superstitione obligemur,

Cic. Div. 1, 4, 7; cf.:

lege Corneliā testamentariā obligatur,

offends against, Dig. 8, 10, 30.—

Jurid. t. t.

To bind, engage one (cf. obligatio, II. B.):

obligandi, solvendi sui causā,

Dig. 2, 13, 6, § 3:

se obligare,

ib. 4, 2, 7, § 1; 21, 1, 25, § 9.—

To pledge, pawn, mortgage a thing:

magistratui bona ejus obligantur,

Vitr. 10 praef.:

omnia praedia fratri,

Suet. Vesp. 4:

omnia bona sua pignori,

Dig. 20, 4, 21:

nam fundi et aedis obligatae sunt ob amoris praedium,

has a mortgage on it, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 4:

aedes pignori,

Dig. 39, 2, 44:

obligata praedia,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9.—

Transf., beyond the jurid. sphere:

obligare fidem suam,

to pledge one's word, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51.—

To impede, restrain, embarrass: judicio districtum atque obligatum esse, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 24.—Hence, oblĭ-gātus, a, um, P. a., bound, obliged:

iisdem (officiis) me tibi obligatum fore,

Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2.— Comp.:

quanto quis melior et probior, tanto mihi obligatior abit,

Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 8:

ipsi obligati sunt,

ensnared, embarrassed, Vulg. Psa. 19, 9.

ob-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a.

To bind to or about; to bind, tie, or fasten up (rare):

follem obstringit ob gulam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

quom ego Amphitruonem collo hinc obstricto traham,

id. Am. 3, 2, 72:

cervice obstrictā,

Juv. 10, 88:

tauros aratro,

to yoke, Val. Fl. 7, 602.—

To bind, bind up, close up by binding.

Lit. (rare):

laqueo collum,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 12. —

Transf.

To shut in, confine:

ventos,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 4:

viminibus,

Col. 4, 29.—

To hold together by:

purpurea vestis ingentibus obstricta gemmis,

in which precious stones were the fastenings, Flor. 4, 11, 3.—

Trop., to bind, tie, fetter, hamper; to oblige, lay under obligation (the class. signif. of the word;

syn.: obligo, devincio): donis aliquem obstringere,

Cic. Clu. 66, 190:

civitatem jurejurando,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

legibus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132:

foedere,

id. Pis. 13, 29:

aliquem aere alieno,

to bring into debt, id. Fam. 11, 10, 5:

jurejurando,

to bind by an oath, Tac. A. 1, 14:

animam suam,

Vulg. Num. 30, 9:

quam plurimas civitates suo sibi beneficio habere obstrictas volebat,

bound, under obligation, Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

Atticum officiis,

Cic. Fam. 3, 18, 2:

qui se tot sceleribus obstrinxerit,

has been guilty of so many crimes, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

se parricidio,

to commit, perpetrate, id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

se perjurio,

Liv. 26, 48:

aliquem conscientiā,

to bind by privity, by participation, Tac. H. 4, 55: obstringi conscientiā tanti sceleris, ne, etc., to be hindered by the sense of so great a crime, from, etc., Liv. 4, 17, 5:

aliquem societate scelerum,

Tac. A. 4, 57:

fidem suam alicui,

to pledge one's word, to promise positively, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; cf. Just. 2, 15, 14.—Mid.: qui alienum... sustulit, furti obstringitur, makes himself guilty, becomes guilty, Sabin. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 21:

eidem sceleri obstrictus est,

Lact. 3, 18, 6.—Hence, obstrictus, a, um, P. a.; according to III., bound, obliged.— Comp.:

obstrictior Debitor,

Paul. Nol. Nat. Felic. 9, 145.—Hence, obstrictē, adv.; comp.: obstrictius, more stringently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 24.

ob-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a.

To bind to or about; to bind, tie, or fasten up (rare):

follem obstringit ob gulam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23:

quom ego Amphitruonem collo hinc obstricto traham,

id. Am. 3, 2, 72:

cervice obstrictā,

Juv. 10, 88:

tauros aratro,

to yoke, Val. Fl. 7, 602.—

To bind, bind up, close up by binding.

Lit. (rare):

laqueo collum,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 12. —

Transf.

To shut in, confine:

ventos,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 4:

viminibus,

Col. 4, 29.—

To hold together by:

purpurea vestis ingentibus obstricta gemmis,

in which precious stones were the fastenings, Flor. 4, 11, 3.—

Trop., to bind, tie, fetter, hamper; to oblige, lay under obligation (the class. signif. of the word;

syn.: obligo, devincio): donis aliquem obstringere,

Cic. Clu. 66, 190:

civitatem jurejurando,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

legibus,

Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132:

foedere,

id. Pis. 13, 29:

aliquem aere alieno,

to bring into debt, id. Fam. 11, 10, 5:

jurejurando,

to bind by an oath, Tac. A. 1, 14:

animam suam,

Vulg. Num. 30, 9:

quam plurimas civitates suo sibi beneficio habere obstrictas volebat,

bound, under obligation, Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

Atticum officiis,

Cic. Fam. 3, 18, 2:

qui se tot sceleribus obstrinxerit,

has been guilty of so many crimes, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 8:

se parricidio,

to commit, perpetrate, id. Phil. 11, 12, 29:

se perjurio,

Liv. 26, 48:

aliquem conscientiā,

to bind by privity, by participation, Tac. H. 4, 55: obstringi conscientiā tanti sceleris, ne, etc., to be hindered by the sense of so great a crime, from, etc., Liv. 4, 17, 5:

aliquem societate scelerum,

Tac. A. 4, 57:

fidem suam alicui,

to pledge one's word, to promise positively, Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; cf. Just. 2, 15, 14.—Mid.: qui alienum... sustulit, furti obstringitur, makes himself guilty, becomes guilty, Sabin. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 21:

eidem sceleri obstrictus est,

Lact. 3, 18, 6.—Hence, obstrictus, a, um, P. a.; according to III., bound, obliged.— Comp.:

obstrictior Debitor,

Paul. Nol. Nat. Felic. 9, 145.—Hence, obstrictē, adv.; comp.: obstrictius, more stringently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 24.

* * *

ăpo (or ăpio, Isid. Orig. 19, 30), ĕre, v. a. [cf.: haptô, apiscor, apex].

A.. To fasten, attach, join, bind, tie to (syn.: ligo, adligo, jungo, conjungo, recto): comprehendere antiqui vinculo apere dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll.; cf. apex; used only in part. perf. pass. aptus (the P. a. v. infra):

uteri terrae radicibus apti,

fastened to the earth, Lucr. 5, 808 (Lachm., terram and apti = adepti):

bracchia validis ex apta lacertis,

united with the strong shoulders, id. 4, 829:

gladium e lacunari setā equinā aptum demitti jussit,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62:

linguam vinclis de pectore imo aptis moveri,

Gell. 1, 15.—

Trop.: ex aliquā re (like pendere ex aliquā re), depending upon, arising from (so only in Cic.):

rerum causae aliae ex aliis aptae et necessitate nexae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 25, 70:

honestum, ex quo aptum est officium,

id. Off. 1, 18, 60; id. Fin. 2, 14, 47:

ex quā re (sc. virtute) una vita omnis apta sit,

id. Ac. 2, 10, 31:

causa ex aeternis causis apta,

id. Fat. 15, 34:

cui viro ex se apta sunt omnia, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 12, 36 (as transl. of Plat. Menex. p. 302: Hotôi gar andri eis heauton anêrtêtai panta, etc.); cf. id. Fam. 5, 13.—Once also with pendere:

non ex verbis aptum pendere jus,

Cic. Caecin. 18.—Also without ex:

vitā modicā et aptā virtute perfrui,

Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 56:

rudentibus apta fortuna,

id. Tusc. 5, 14, [p. 138] 40.—

A.. Joined, bound, or tied together, connected:

aptum conexum et colligatum significat,

Non. p. 234, 32 (so most freq. in Lucr.):

conjugio corporis atque animae consistimus uniter apti,

Lucr. 3, 846; 5, 555; 5, 558:

genus... validis aptum per viscera nervis,

bound together by the strong band of the sinews, id. 5, 928:

quae memorare queam inter se singlariter apta,

id. 6, 1067 al.:

facilius est apta dissolvere quam dissipata conectere,

Cic. Or. 71, 235:

quā ex conjunctione caelum ita aptum est, ut, etc.,

id. Tim. 5:

qui tam certos caeli motus, tamque omnia inter se conexa et apta viderit,

id. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Gell. 6, 2. —

Trop.:

omnia inter se apta et conexa,

Cic. Fin. 4, 19, 53:

apta inter se et cohaerentia,

id. N. D 3, 1, 4:

efficiatur aptum illud, quod fuerit antea diffiuens ac solutum,

id. Or. 70, 233.— Poet., with abl., endowed, furnished, or ornamented with something: fides alma, apta pinnis, furnished with wings, winged, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105:

stellis fulgentibus apta caeli domus,

the abode of heaven studded with glittering stars, Lucr. 6, 357 (cf. id. 5, 1205: stellis micantibus aethera fixum);

imitated by Verg.: caelum stellis fulgentibus aptum,

Verg. A. 11, 202, and:

axis stellis ardentibus aptus,

id. ib. 4, 482:

veste signis ingentibus aptā,

Lucr. 5, 1428:

magis apta figura,

id. 2, 814: lucus opacus teneris fruticibus aptus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 235, 9:

Tyrio prodeat apta sinu,

Tib. 1, 9, 70.—Hence,

aptus, a, um, P. a., pr., fitted to something; hence, suited, suitable, proper, apposite, fit, appropriate, adapted, conformable to (cf. accommodatus and appositus, 2.).

In gen.: aptus is, qui convenienter alicui junctus est, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. apex, p. 18 Müll. (so most freq. after the Cic. per.); constr. with ad or dat.; of persons always with dat.

With ad:

ossa habent commissuras ad stabilitatem aptas,

Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

in pulmonibus inest raritas quaedam ad hauriendum spiritum aptissima,

id. ib. 2, 55, 136:

locus ad insidias aptior,

id. Mil. 20:

calcei habiles et apti ad pedem,

id. de Or. 1, 54, 231:

castra ad bellum ducendum aptissima,

Caes. B. C. 2, 37; so Vulg. 1 Par. 7, 40; ib. 2 Par. 26, 13:

aptum ad proelium,

ib. 1 Reg. 14, 52:

fornices in muro erant apti ad excurrendum,

Liv. 36, 23, 3 al. —

With dat.:

non omnia rebus sunt omnibus apta,

Lucr. 6, 961:

aliis alias animantibus aptas Res,

id. 6, 773:

initia apta et accommodata naturae,

Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 46:

quod verum, simplex sincerumque sit, id esse naturae hominis aptissimum,

id. Off. 1, 4, 13:

haec genera dicendi aptiora sunt adulescentibus,

id. Brut. 95, 223; so id. ib. 62, 326; id. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; id. Or. 22, 1 al.:

quod aetati tuae esset aptissimum,

id. Off. 1, 2, 4; so Nep. Att. 16, 1:

apta dies sacrificio,

Liv. 1, 45:

venti aptiores Romanae quam suae classi,

id. 25, 37 al.:

notavi portus puppibus aptos,

Ov. M. 3, 596; 4, 160:

armis apta magis tellus,

Prop. 4, 22, 19:

aptum equis Argos,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 9:

apta vinculo conjugali,

Vulg. Ruth, 1, 12; ib. Luc. 9, 62:

aptus amicis,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 43 et saep.— Other constrr.:

With in (cf. Rudd. II. p. 96, n. 60):

in quod (genus pugnae) minime apti sunt,

Liv. 38, 21:

formas deus aptus in omnes,

apt for, easily changed into, Ov. M. 14, 765:

in ceteros apta usus,

Vulg. Deut. 20, 20:

vasa apta in interitum,

ib. Rom. 9, 22.—

With qui (cf. Zumpt, §

568): nulla videbatur aptior persona, quae de illā aetate loqueretur,

Cic. Am. 1, 4:

est mihi, quae lanas molliat, apta manus,

Ov. H. 3, 70.—

Poet., with inf:

(Circe) apta cantu veteres mutare figuras,

Tib. 4, 1, 63:

aetas mollis et apta regi,

Ov. A. A. 1, 10.— Esp. freq.,

Absol., Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 235, 16:

amor,

Prop. 4, 22, 42:

saltus,

Ov. M. 2, 498:

ars,

Tib. 1, 7, 60:

apta oscula,

Tib. 1, 4, 54; Ov. H. 15, 132:

lar aptus,

an extensive, satisfying possession, Hor. C. 1, 12, 43.—So in prose:

aptus exercitus,

an army good in fight, ready for battle, Liv. 10, 25:

tempus aptum,

the right time, id. 35, 19; so Vulg. Eccli. 20, 6 al.—

Esp., in rhet., of the fitness, appropriateness of discourse:

quid aptum sit, hoc est quid maxime decens in oratione,

Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 210; so apta oratio, which has the appropriate rhet. fulness and periodic rounding: numerosa et apta oratio, id. Or. 50, 168; cf. id. ib. 50, 70; so id. Brut. 17, 68:

Thucydides verbis aptus et pressus,

exact and brief in expression, id. de Or. 2, 13, 56.—Hence, aptē, adv., closely, fitly, suitably, nicely, rightly.

Lit.

Absol.:

atque ita apte cohaeret (mundi corpus), ut etc.,

Cic. Tim. 5: altera est nexa cum superiore et inde apteque pendens, id. ap. Non. p. 235, 18:

capiti apte reponere,

Liv. 1, 34, 8.—

With ad:

apte convenire ad pedem,

Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 46.— Sup.,

With inter:

ut inter se quam aptissime cohaereant extrema (verba) cum primis etc.,

Cic. Or. 44, 149.—

Trop., fitly, suitably, properly, duly, rightly.

Absol.:

facile judicabimus, quid eorum apte fiat,

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146:

quod est oratoris proprium, apte, distincte, ornate dicere,

id. ib. 1, 1, 2:

apte et quiete ferre,

id. ib. 4, 17, 38:

non equite apte locato,

Liv. 4, 37, 8:

Qui doceant, apte quid tibi possit emi,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 88:

nec aliter imperium apte regi potest,

Curt. 8, 8, 13:

floribus compositis apte et utiliter,

Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 46. — Comp.:

qualia aptius suis referentur locis,

Plin. 2, 62, 62, § 153:

Aptius haec puero, quam tibi, dona dabis,

Mart. 13, 26.—

With dat.:

si quid exierit numeris aptius,

Quint. 10, 12, 26.— Sup.:

seruntur Parilibus tamen aptissime,

Plin. 19, 3, 24, § 69.—

With ad:

(ut) ad rerum dignitatem apte et quasi decore (loquamur),

Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 144:

spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens,

Liv. 1, 10, 5.

necto, xŭi, sometimes xi (cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 494 sq.), xum ( inf. pass. nectier, Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59), 3, v. a. [with neo, kindr. to Sanscr. nah, ligare, nectere, and Gr. neô, nêthô], to bind, tie, fasten; to join, bind, or fasten together, connect.

Lit.

In gen.: nectere ligare significat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.:

necte tribus nodis ternos, Amarylli, colores,

Verg. E. 8, 77:

catenas,

Hor. C. 1, 29, 5:

necte meo La miae coronam,

weave, make, id. ib. 1, 26, 8, so, coronas, id. ib. 4, 11, 3; id. Ep. 2, 2, 96; id. Epod. 17, 22:

laqueum alicui,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 31:

pedibus talaria,

Verg. A. 4, 239:

flavàque caput nectentur olivā,

id. ib. 5, 309:

nodum informis leti trabe nectit ab alta,

id. ib. 12, 603:

bracchia,

to fold in each other, entwine, clasp, Ov. F. 6, 329; cf.:

collo bracchia meo,

id. H. 5, 48:

comam myrto,

id. Am. 1, 2, 23:

mille venit variis florum dea nexa coronis,

id. F. 4, 495:

venit odoratos Elegeïa nexa capillos,

id. Am. 3, 1, 7; id. P. 3, 1, 124:

retia,

Prop. 3, 8, 27 (4, 7, 37):

alicui compedes,

Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 4;

Africus in glaciem frigore nectit aquas,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 48.—

In partic., to bind, fetter, confine, esp. for debt:

liber, qui suas operas in servitute pro pecuniā quādam debebat, dum solveret, nexus vocatur ut ab aere obaeratus,

enslaved for debt, Varr. L L. 7, § 105 Müll.:

cum sint propter unius libidinem omnia nexa civium liberata, nectierque postea desitum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 59; cf.:

ita nexi soluti cautumque in posterum, ne necterentur,

Liv. 8, 28 fin.:

eo anno plebi Romanae velut aliud initium libertatis factum est, quod necti desierant: mutatum autem jus ob unius feneratoris simul libidinem, simul crudelitatem insignem,

id. 8, 28, 1; v. also 2. nexus, II.; Liv. 2, 27; 23:

nec carcerem nexis, sed caedibus civitatem replet,

Just. 21, 2; cf. id. 21, 1.—

Trop.

To affix, attach:

ut ex alio alia nectantur,

Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 52:

ex hoc genere causarum ex aeternitate pendentium fatum a Stoicis nectitur,

id. Top. 15, 59.—

To bind by an obligation, to oblige, make liable, bind, etc.:

sacramento nexi,

Just. 20, 4:

res pignori nexa,

i. e. pledged, pawned, Dig. 49, 14, 22, § 1.—

To join or fasten together, to connect, Cic. Or. 41, 140:

rerum causae aliae ex aliis aptae et necessitate nexae,

id. Tusc. 5, 25, 70; cf.:

omnes virtutes inter se nexae et jugatae sunt,

id. ib. 3, 8, 17:

nectere dolum,

to contrive, Liv. 27, 28:

causas inanes,

to frame, invent, bring forward, Verg. A. 9, 219:

canoris Eloquium vocale modis,

to set to harmonious measures, Juv. 7, 18:

numeris verba,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 30:

cum aliquo jurgia,

i. e. to quarrel, id. Am. 2, 2, 35:

moras,

to make, contrive, Tac. A. 12, 14:

insidias,

Val. Max. 3, 8, 5:

talia nectebant,

they thus conversed, Stat. Th. 8, 637.

sub-stringo, nxi, ctum, 3, v. a., to bind beneath; to bind, tie, or draw up ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. subligo).

Lit.:

crinem nodo,

Tac. G. 38:

ligatas auro comas,

Luc. 3, 281:

sinus,

Sen. Troad. 88:

lintea malo,

Sil. 1, 689:

caput equi loro,

Nep. Eum. 5, 5:

carnem fasciā,

Suet. Galb. 21.—

Transf., to bind or draw together; to draw up, contract, check: aurem, i. e. to point or prick the ear, Hor. S. 2, 5, 95:

lacrimas,

Marc. Emp. 8:

bilem,

Juv. 6, 433. —

Trop., to check, restrain, etc.:

effusa,

Quint. 10, 5, 4.—Hence, substrictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), drawn together, contracted; hence, small, narrow, tight, close:

ilia,

Ov. M. 3, 216:

crura,

id. ib. 11, 752:

testes castorum,

Plin. 32, 3, 13, § 26:

tunica,

Gell. 7, 12, 3.— Comp.:

venter substrictior,

Col. 6, 20.

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