to apply one's self to

stŭdĕo, ŭi, 2 ( perf. studīvi, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5), v. a. and n. [perh. kindr. with speudô, spoudê, to speed, haste], to be eager or zealous, to take pains about, be diligent in, anxious about, busy one's self with, strive after, to apply one's self to or pursue some course of action, etc.; to desire, wish, etc. (very freq. and class.; cf.: operam do).

In gen.

Absol. (very rare), Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12:

ut aequum fuerat atque ut studui,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 31: si qui in eā re studebat, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5.—

With acc. (rare; mostly with neutr. pronn. and adjj.): horum ille nihil egregie Studebat;

et tamen omnia haec mediocriter,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 32:

eadem,

id. Hec. 2, 1, 2:

illud ipsum, quod studet,

Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 6:

perspexi ex tuis litteris, quod semper studui, me a te plurimi fieri,

id. Fam. 7, 31, 1:

lenonem perjurum ut perdas id studes,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 72; so,

id, ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 2:

id, ne, etc.,

Liv. 40, 56, 2:

unum studetis Antonii conatum avertere a re publicā,

Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

hoc unum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 120.—With a defin. obj. (very rare):

minus has res,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 44: res Graecas, Titin. ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—

With inf. or acc. with inf. (freq.):

si merito meo referre studeant gratias,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 27:

verum audire ex te studeo,

id. Bacch. 5, 2, 42; cf.:

de quo studeo ex te audire quod sentias,

Cic. Rep. 1, 11, 17:

scire studeo, quid egeris,

id. Att. 13, 20, 3:

studemus, nostris consiliis tutiorem vitam hominum reddere,

id. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

fieri studebam ejus prudentiā doctior,

id. Lael. 1, 1:

hanc acerbitate opprimere studuit,

Nep. Dion, 6, 5:

portum intrare,

id. Chabr. 4, 2:

ego me id facere studeo,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 52:

si quisquam est, qui placere se studeat bonis Quam plurimis,

Ter. Eun. prol. 1:

illis gratum se videri studet,

Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

te sociam studeo scribendis versibus esse,

Lucr. 1, 24:

omnes homines, qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus,

Sall. C. 1, 1:

neque est, cur nunc studeam, has nuptias mutarier,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 51; cf.:

rem ad arma deduci,

Caes. B. C. 1, 4; Matt. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2.—

With dat. (so most freq. in prose and poetry):

somno,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 42:

illi rei studet,

id. As. 1, 3, 30; cf.:

huic rei studendum, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

iisdem rebus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

frustra aut pecuniae, aut imperiis, aut opibus, aut gloriae,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 60:

praeturae,

id. Cael. 11, 26:

virtuti, laudi, dignitati,

id. Fin. 4, 24, 65:

novis rebus,

id. Cat. 1, 1, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 10; 4, 5:

agriculturae,

id. ib. 6, 22;

6, 29: sacrificiis,

id. ib. 6, 21:

litteris,

Cic. Brut. 93, 322; cf.:

alicui scientiae,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 10:

alicui arti,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:

medicinae,

Quint. 7, 2, 17:

commodis communibus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 13:

nomini,

Flor. 3, 10, 19:

lectis sternendis studuimus munditiisque apparandis,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 3, 5:

armamentis complicandis et componendis,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 83:

patrimonio augendo,

Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 225:

juri et legibus cognoscendis,

id. Rep. 5, 3, 5:

revocandis regibus,

Flor. 1, 9, 5.—

With gen.: parens, qui te nec amet nec studeat tui, troubles himself about you, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72 (Com. Rel. v. 201 Rib.).—

With ut (rare):

Caesar maxime studebat, ut partem oppidi excluderet, Auct. B. Alex. 1, 4: ut habeas,

Cato, R. R. 5; Dig. 43, 10, 1; cf. with ne:

ne solus esset, studui,

Phaedr. 2, epil. 6:

ne sint,

Dig. 43, 10, 1.—

In aliquid (rare):

in quam rem studendum sit,

Quint. 12, 6, 6:

quidam pictores in id solum student, ut sciant,

id. 10, 2, 6.—

In partic.

To be zealous for any one, i. e. to be friendly, attached, or favorable to one, to favor him (syn. favere).

With dat.:

ut studeat tibi, ut te adjuvet,

Cic. Mur. 36, 76:

homini nequam atque improbo,

id. Cael. 4, 10:

Catilinae,

id. ib. 5, 12:

cui (with favere),

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 67:

quibus (partibus) illi student,

Auct. Her. 2, 27, 43:

nonnullae civitates rebus Cassii studebant, Auct. B. Alex. 62, 2: rebus Atheniensium,

Nep. Lys. 1 med.:

petitioni alicujus,

Quint. 11, 1, 69.—

Absol.:

neque studere neque odisse,

Sall. C. 51, 13.—

To apply one's self to learning, to study, be diligent in study (only post-Aug.; for which in Cic. litteris, arti, etc.; v. supra, I. A. d):

computamus annos, non quibus studuimus, sed quibus viximus,

Quint. 12, 11, 19; 2, 7, 1: Demosthenes diligenter apud Andronicum studuit. id. 11, 3, 7: aliquem a proposito studendi fugare, id. 2, 2, 7: non est, quod post cibum studeas. Sen. Ep. 94, 20:

duo, qui apud Chaldaeos studuisse se dicunt,

id. Q. N. 7, 4, 1:

negat enim te studere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2:

studes an piscaris?

id. ib. 2, 8, 1; 2, 13, 5;

5, 5, 18: solacium studendi,

Suet. Tib. 61:

videtur mihi inter Menenios et Appios studuisse,

Tac. Or. 21; so id. ib. 32; 34.— Subst.: stŭ-dens, entis, m., a diligent student:

in habitu studentis,

Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 5.

stŭdĕo, ŭi, 2 ( perf. studīvi, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5), v. a. and n. [perh. kindr. with speudô, spoudê, to speed, haste], to be eager or zealous, to take pains about, be diligent in, anxious about, busy one's self with, strive after, to apply one's self to or pursue some course of action, etc.; to desire, wish, etc. (very freq. and class.; cf.: operam do).

In gen.

Absol. (very rare), Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12:

ut aequum fuerat atque ut studui,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 31: si qui in eā re studebat, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5.—

With acc. (rare; mostly with neutr. pronn. and adjj.): horum ille nihil egregie Studebat;

et tamen omnia haec mediocriter,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 32:

eadem,

id. Hec. 2, 1, 2:

illud ipsum, quod studet,

Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 6:

perspexi ex tuis litteris, quod semper studui, me a te plurimi fieri,

id. Fam. 7, 31, 1:

lenonem perjurum ut perdas id studes,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 72; so,

id, ut, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 2:

id, ne, etc.,

Liv. 40, 56, 2:

unum studetis Antonii conatum avertere a re publicā,

Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

hoc unum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 120.—With a defin. obj. (very rare):

minus has res,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 44: res Graecas, Titin. ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—

With inf. or acc. with inf. (freq.):

si merito meo referre studeant gratias,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 27:

verum audire ex te studeo,

id. Bacch. 5, 2, 42; cf.:

de quo studeo ex te audire quod sentias,

Cic. Rep. 1, 11, 17:

scire studeo, quid egeris,

id. Att. 13, 20, 3:

studemus, nostris consiliis tutiorem vitam hominum reddere,

id. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

fieri studebam ejus prudentiā doctior,

id. Lael. 1, 1:

hanc acerbitate opprimere studuit,

Nep. Dion, 6, 5:

portum intrare,

id. Chabr. 4, 2:

ego me id facere studeo,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 52:

si quisquam est, qui placere se studeat bonis Quam plurimis,

Ter. Eun. prol. 1:

illis gratum se videri studet,

Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70:

te sociam studeo scribendis versibus esse,

Lucr. 1, 24:

omnes homines, qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus,

Sall. C. 1, 1:

neque est, cur nunc studeam, has nuptias mutarier,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 51; cf.:

rem ad arma deduci,

Caes. B. C. 1, 4; Matt. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2.—

With dat. (so most freq. in prose and poetry):

somno,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 42:

illi rei studet,

id. As. 1, 3, 30; cf.:

huic rei studendum, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

iisdem rebus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1:

frustra aut pecuniae, aut imperiis, aut opibus, aut gloriae,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 60:

praeturae,

id. Cael. 11, 26:

virtuti, laudi, dignitati,

id. Fin. 4, 24, 65:

novis rebus,

id. Cat. 1, 1, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 10; 4, 5:

agriculturae,

id. ib. 6, 22;

6, 29: sacrificiis,

id. ib. 6, 21:

litteris,

Cic. Brut. 93, 322; cf.:

alicui scientiae,

id. de Or. 1, 3, 10:

alicui arti,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:

medicinae,

Quint. 7, 2, 17:

commodis communibus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 13:

nomini,

Flor. 3, 10, 19:

lectis sternendis studuimus munditiisque apparandis,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 3, 5:

armamentis complicandis et componendis,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 83:

patrimonio augendo,

Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 225:

juri et legibus cognoscendis,

id. Rep. 5, 3, 5:

revocandis regibus,

Flor. 1, 9, 5.—

With gen.: parens, qui te nec amet nec studeat tui, troubles himself about you, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72 (Com. Rel. v. 201 Rib.).—

With ut (rare):

Caesar maxime studebat, ut partem oppidi excluderet, Auct. B. Alex. 1, 4: ut habeas,

Cato, R. R. 5; Dig. 43, 10, 1; cf. with ne:

ne solus esset, studui,

Phaedr. 2, epil. 6:

ne sint,

Dig. 43, 10, 1.—

In aliquid (rare):

in quam rem studendum sit,

Quint. 12, 6, 6:

quidam pictores in id solum student, ut sciant,

id. 10, 2, 6.—

In partic.

To be zealous for any one, i. e. to be friendly, attached, or favorable to one, to favor him (syn. favere).

With dat.:

ut studeat tibi, ut te adjuvet,

Cic. Mur. 36, 76:

homini nequam atque improbo,

id. Cael. 4, 10:

Catilinae,

id. ib. 5, 12:

cui (with favere),

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 67:

quibus (partibus) illi student,

Auct. Her. 2, 27, 43:

nonnullae civitates rebus Cassii studebant, Auct. B. Alex. 62, 2: rebus Atheniensium,

Nep. Lys. 1 med.:

petitioni alicujus,

Quint. 11, 1, 69.—

Absol.:

neque studere neque odisse,

Sall. C. 51, 13.—

To apply one's self to learning, to study, be diligent in study (only post-Aug.; for which in Cic. litteris, arti, etc.; v. supra, I. A. d):

computamus annos, non quibus studuimus, sed quibus viximus,

Quint. 12, 11, 19; 2, 7, 1: Demosthenes diligenter apud Andronicum studuit. id. 11, 3, 7: aliquem a proposito studendi fugare, id. 2, 2, 7: non est, quod post cibum studeas. Sen. Ep. 94, 20:

duo, qui apud Chaldaeos studuisse se dicunt,

id. Q. N. 7, 4, 1:

negat enim te studere,

Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2:

studes an piscaris?

id. ib. 2, 8, 1; 2, 13, 5;

5, 5, 18: solacium studendi,

Suet. Tib. 61:

videtur mihi inter Menenios et Appios studuisse,

Tac. Or. 21; so id. ib. 32; 34.— Subst.: stŭ-dens, entis, m., a diligent student:

in habitu studentis,

Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 5.

ăd-hĭbĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a. [habeo], to hold toward or to, to turn, bring, add to; with ad, in, dat. or absol.

In gen.

Lit.:

cur non adhibuisti, dum istaec loquereris, tympanum,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 38:

huc adhibete aurīs (ad ea) quae ego loquar,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 20:

ad mea formosos vultus adhibete carmina,

Ov. Am. 2, 1, 37; cf. ib. 13, 15:

manus medicas ad vulnera,

Verg. G. 3, 455:

odores ad deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 40:

quos negat ad panem adhibere quidquam, praeter nasturtium,

to eat with it, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34:

alicui calcaria,

id. Brut. 56 (cf. addere calcar, v. addo):

manus genibus adhibet, i. e. admovet, genua amplexatur,

Ov. M. 9, 216:

vincula captis,

to put them on them, id. F. 3, 293.—

Trop.:

metum ut mihi adhibeam,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 20; cf. Quint. 1, 3, 15:

nunc animum nobis adhibe veram ad rationem,

Lucr. 2, 1023; Cic. Har. Resp. 10, 20:

vacuas aurīs adhibe ad veram rationem,

Lucr. 1, 51; cf. Ov. M. 15, 238; Verg. A. 11, 315:

ut oratio, quae lumen adhibere rebus debet, ea obscuritatem afferat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 50:

est ea (oratio) quidem utilior, sed raro proficit neque est ad vulgus adhibenda,

id. Tusc. 4, 28, 60:

adhibere cultus, honores, preces, diis immortalibus,

id. N. D. 1, 2; cf. Tac. A. 14, 53:

alicui voluptates,

Cic. Mur. 35:

consolationem,

id. Brut. 96:

omnes ii motus, quos orator adhibere volet judici,

which the orator may wish to communicate to the judge, id. de Or. 2, 45 al. —Hence = addere, adjungere, to add to:

uti quattuor initiis rerum illis quintam hanc naturam non adhiberet,

Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 39:

ad domesticorum majorumque morem etiam hanc a Socrate adventitiam doctrinam adhibuerunt,

id. Rep. 3, 3.

Esp.

Of persons, to bring one to a place, to summon, to employ (cf. the Engl. to have one up):

hoc temere numquam amittam ego a me, quin mihi testes adhibeam,

Ter. Ph. 4, 5, 2; so Cic. Fin. 2, 21; Tac. A. 15, 14:

medicum,

Cic. Fat. 12:

leges, ad quas (sc. defendendas) adhibemur,

we are summoned, id. Clu. 52:

nec, quoniam apud Graecos judices res agetur, poteris adhibere Demosthenem,

id. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

adhibebitur heros,

shall be brought upon the stage, Hor. A. P. 227:

castris adhibere socios et foedera jungere,

Verg. A. 8, 56:

aliquem in partem periculi,

Ov. M. 11, 447:

in auxilium,

Just. 3, 6.—

Adhibere ad or in consilium, to send for one in order to receive counsel from him, to consult one:

neque hos ad concilium adhibendos censeo,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77, 3:

in consilium,

Plin. Ep. 6, 11, 1; so also absol.:

a tuis reliquis non adhibemur,

we are not consulted, Cic. Fam. 4, 7; so ib. 10, 25; 11, [p. 35] 7; id. Off. 3, 20; id. Phil. 5, 9; Caes. B. G. 1, 20; Suet. Claud. 35; cf. Cortius ad Sall. J. 113, and ad Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 15.—But sometimes adhibere in consilium = admittere in cons., to admit to a consultation. —So trop.:

est tuum, sic agitare animo, ut non adhibeas in consilium cogitationum tuarum desperationem aut timorem,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1.—

Adhibere aliquem cenae, epulis, etc., to invite to a dinner, to a banquet, etc., to entertain:

adhibete Penatīs et patrios epulis, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 62; so Hor. C. 4, 5, 32; Suet. Caes. 73; Aug. 74: in convivium, Nep. praef. 7.—And absol., to receive, to treat:

quos ego universos adhiberi liberaliter dico oportere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 5:

Quintum filium severius adhibebo,

id. Att. 10, 12.—

Adhibere se ad aliquid, to betake or apply one's self to a thing, i. e. to devote attention to it:

adhibere se remotum a curis veram ad rationem,

Lucr. 1, 44 (cf. above I. A.); and absol.: adhibere se, to appear or to behave one's self in any manner:

permagni est hominis, sic se adhibere in tanta potestate, ut nulla alia potestas ab iis, quibus ipse praeest, desideretur,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7.—

Adhibere aliquid ad aliquid, alicui rei, or with in and abl., to put a thing to a determinate use, to apply, to use or employ for or in any thing definite (therefore, with intention and deliberation; on the contr., usurpare denotes merely momentary use; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8; and uti, use that arises from some necessity, Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 20):

adhibere omnem diligentiam ad convalescendum,

Cic. Fam. 16, 9; cf. ib. 6; Nep. Att. 21:

cautionem privatis rebus suis,

Cic. Att. 1, 19:

medicinam aegroto,

id. ib. 16, 15:

humatis titulum, i. e. inscriptionem addere,

Liv. 26, 25:

belli necessitatibus patientiam,

id. 5, 6:

fraudem testamento,

Suet. Dom. 2:

curam viis,

id. Vesp. 5:

fidem et diligentiam in amicorum periculis,

Cic. Clu. 42, 118:

misericordiam in fortunis alicujus et sapientiam in salute reip.,

id. Rab. Perd. 2:

flores in causis,

id. Or. 19:

curam in valetudine tuenda,

Cels. 3, 18; and with de:

curam de aliqua re,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 3: modum, to set a limit to, to set bounds to:

vitio,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17:

sumptibus,

Suet. Ner. 16: cf. id. Aug. 100; id. Tib. 34:

voluptati,

Quint. 9, 3, 74:

memoriam contumeliae,

to retain it in memory, Nep. Epam. 7.—

Adhibere aliquid, in gen., to use, employ, exercise:

neque quisquam parsimoniam adhibet,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 79:

fidem,

id. Rud. 4, 3, 104:

celeritatem,

Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 2:

calumniam, fraudem, dolum, id. Auct. Or. pro Dom. 14, 36: modum quemdam,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 38; Suet. Calig. 2:

nulla arte adhibita,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26:

sollertiam, Tibull. 3, 4, 75: querelas,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12:

adhibere moram = differre,

Pompon. Dig. 18, 6, 16.—

In later Lat.: alicui aliquem, to bring up, quote one to another as authority for an assertion:

is nos aquam multam ex diluta nive bibentis coërcebat, severiusque increpabat adhibebatque nobis auctoritates nobilium medicorum,

Gell. 19, 5, 3.

rē-ĭcĭo (better than rē-jĭcĭo), rejēci, jectum, 3 (reicis, dissyl., Stat. Th. 4, 574;

and likewise reice,

Verg. E. 3, 96;

and perh. also,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6; scanned elsewhere throughout rēĭcio, etc.), v. a. [jacio], to throw, cast, or fling back (freq. and class.; cf.: remitto, retorqueo).

Lit.

In gen.

Of inanim. objects:

imago nostros oculos rejecta revisit,

Lucr. 4, 285; 4, 107; cf. id. 4, 570:

telum in hostes,

Caes. B. G. 1, 46: tunicam reicere, i. e. to fling back, fling over the shoulder (whereas abicere is to throw off, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4), Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.; cf.:

togam in umerum,

Quint. 11, 3, 131; 140:

togam a sinistro,

id. 11, 3, 144:

togam ab umero,

Liv. 23, 8 fin.:

amictum ex umeris,

Verg. A. 5, 421:

ex umeris' vestem,

Ov. M. 2, 582:

de corpore vestem,

id. ib. 9, 32:

penulam,

Cic. Mil. 10, 29; Phaedr. 5, 2, 5 Burm.:

sagulum,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55; Suet. Aug. 26:

amictum,

Prop. 2, 23 (3, 17), 13:

vestem,

Cat. 66, 81 al.:

ab ore colubras,

Ov. M. 4, 474:

capillum circum caput neglegenter,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 50: manibus ad tergum rejectis, thrown back or behind, Asin. Pol. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:

manus post terga,

Plin. 28, 4, 11, § 45: scutum, to throw over one ' s back (in flight), Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294; Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

parmas,

Verg. A. 11, 619:

ut janua in publicum reiceretur,

might be thrown back, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 112:

fatigata membra rejecit,

i. e. stretched on the ground, Curt. 10, 5, 3:

voluit... Reicere Alcides a se mea pectora,

to push back, Ov. M. 9, 51:

librum e gremio suo,

to fling away, id. Tr. 1, 1, 66:

sanguinem ore,

to cast up, vomit, Plin. 26, 12, 82, § 131; so,

sanguinem,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6; 8, 1, 2:

bilem,

Plin. 23, 6, 57, § 106:

vinum,

Suet. Aug. 77:

aliquid ab stomacho,

Scrib. Comp. 191.— Poet.:

oculos Rutulorum reicit arvis,

turns away, averts, Verg. A. 10, 473:

pars (vocum) solidis adlisa locis rejecta sonorem Reddit,

echoed, Lucr. 4, 570.—

Of living objects, to drive back, chase back, force back, repel (so in gen. not found in class. prose authors):

hominem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 19:

aliquem,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 69:

in bubilem reicere (boves),

id. Pers. 2, 5, 18:

pascentes a flumine capellas,

Verg. E. 3, 96:

in postremam aciem,

to place in the rear, Liv. 8, 8.—

Reicere se, to throw or cast one ' s self back or again; or, in gen., to throw or fling one ' s self anywhere:

tum illa Rejecit se in eum,

flung herself into his arms, Ter. And. 1, 1, 109:

se in gremium tuom,

Lucr. 1, 34:

se in grabatum,

Petr. 92, 3; cf.:

in cubile rejectus est,

id. 103, 5; cf.:

fatigata membra rejecit,

leaned back, Curt. 10, 5, 3.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to force back, beat back, repel, repulse the enemy (cf.:

repello, reprimo, refuto): eos, qui eruptionem fecerant, in urbem reiciebant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 2 fin.:

reliqui in oppidum rejecti sunt,

id. B. G. 2, 33; 1, 24 fin.:

Tusci rejecti armis,

Verg. A. 11, 630:

ab Antiocheā hostem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 2; cf.:

praesidia adversariorum Calydone,

Caes. B. C. 3, 35 (where, however, as id. ib. 3, 46, the MSS. vacillate between rejecti and dejecti; v. Oud. N. cr.).—

Nautical t. t.: reici, to be driven back by a storm (while deferri or deici signifies to be cast away, and eici to be thrown on the shore, stranded; v. Liv. 44, 19, 2 Drak.): naves tempestate rejectas eodem, unde erant profectae, revertisse, Caes. B. G. 5, 5; so,

naves,

id. ib. 5, 23:

a Leucopetrā profectus... rejectus sum austro vehementi ad eandem Leucopetram,

Cic. Att. 16, 7, 1; cf. id. Phil. 1, 3, 7; id. Caecin. 30, 88:

sin reflantibus ventis reiciemur,

id. Tusc. 1, 49, 119; id. Att. 3, 8, 2.

Trop.

In gen., to cast off, remove, repel, reject:

abs te socordiam omnem reice,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6: abs te religionem, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 65 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 430 Rib.):

quam ut a nobis ratio verissima longe reiciat,

Lucr. 6, 81:

(hanc proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:

ab his reicientur plagae balistarum,

Vitr. 10, 20:

foedum contactum a casto corpore,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9; Ter. Phorm. prol. 18:

ferrum et audaciam,

Cic. Mur. 37, 79; cf.

ictus,

Stat. Th. 6, 770; and:

minas Hannibalis retrorsum,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 16:

(in Verrinis) facilius quod reici quam quod adici possit invenient,

Quint. 6, 3, 5.—

In partic.

Pregn., to reject contemptuously; to refuse, scorn, disdain, despise; esp. of a lover, etc.:

forsitan nos reiciat,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 5:

petentem,

Ov. M. 9, 512:

Lydiam,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 20:

Socratem omnem istam disputationem rejecisse et tantum de vitā et moribus solitum esse quaerere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

refutetur ac reiciatur ille clamor,

id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55:

qui Ennii Medeam spernat aut reiciat,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 4;

of an appeal to the Senate: quae cum rejecta relatio esset,

Liv. 2, 31, 9:

recens dolor consolationes reicit ac refugit,

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11:

ad bona deligenda et reicienda contraria,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 60; cf.

(vulgares reïce taedas, deligere),

Ov. M. 14, 677:

rejectā praedā,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 68:

condiciones, Auct. B. Alex. 39: rejecit dona nocentium,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 42.—

In jurid. lang.: judices reicere, to set aside, challenge peremptorily, reject the judges appointed by lot:

cum ex CXXV. judicibus quinque et LXX. reus reiceret,

Cic. Planc. 17, 41; 15, 36; id. Att. 1, 16, 3; id. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 18; 2, 3, 11, § 28; 2, 3, 13, § 32; 2, 3, 59, § 146; id. Vatin. 11, 27; Plin. Pan. 36, 4.—

In the philosoph. lang. of the Stoics: reicienda and rejecta (as a transl. of the Gr. apoproêgmena), rejectable things, i. e. evils to be rejected, Cic. Fin. 5, 26, 78; 3, 16, 52; id. Ac. 1, 10, 37; cf. rejectaneus.—

With a designation of the term. ad quem, to refer to, make over to, remand to:

ad ipsam te epistulam reicio,

Cic. Att. 9, 13, 8:

in hunc gregem vos Sullam reicietis?

id. Sull. 28, 77 (with transferre).—

Publicists' t. t.: reicere aliquid or aliquem ad senatum (consules, populum, pontifices, etc.), to refer a matter, or the one whom it concerns, from one ' s self to some other officer or authorized body (esp. freq. in Liv.; v. the passages in Liv. 2, 22, 5 Drak.):

totam rem ad Pompeium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 17:

senatus a se rem ad populum rejecit,

Liv. 2, 27, 5; cf.:

ab tribunis ad senatum res est rejecta,

id. 40, 29; and:

rem ad senatum,

id. 5, 22, 1:

aliquid ad pontificum collegium,

id. 41, 16; so, rem ad pontifices, Ver. Flac. ap. Gell. 5, 17, 2:

rem ad Hannibalem,

Liv. 21, 31; id. 2, 28:

tu hoc animo esse debes, ut nihil huc reicias,

Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2.—Of personal objects:

legati ab senatu rejecti ad populum, deos rogaverunt, etc.,

Liv. 7, 20; so id. 8, 1; 9, 43; 24, 2; 39, 3.— Absol.:

tribuni appellati ad senatum rejecerunt,

Liv. 27, 8; 42, 32 fin. —

With respect to time, to put off to a later period, to defer, postpone (Ciceronian):

a Kal. Febr. legationes in Idus Febr. reiciebantur,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 1:

reliqua in mensem Januarium,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

repente abs te in mensem Quintilem rejecti sumus,

id. Att. 1, 4, 1.—

Reicere se aliquo, to fling one ' s self on a thing, i. e. apply one ' s self to it (very rare): crede mihi, Caesarem... maximum beneficium te sibi dedisse judicaturum, si huc te reicis, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, § 1.

verto ( vorto), ti, sum, 3 ( inf. vortier, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 48; Lucr. 1, 710; 2, 927; 5, 1199 al.), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. root vart-, to apply one's self, turn; cf. vart-ukas, round].

Act., to turn, to turn round or about (syn.: verso, contorqueo).

Lit.:

(luna) eam partem, quaecumque est ignibus aucta, Ad speciem vertit nobis,

Lucr. 5, 724:

speciem quo,

id. 4, 242:

ora huc et huc,

Hor. Epod. 4, 9:

terga,

Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 6:

gradu discedere verso,

id. M. 4, 338:

verso pede,

id. ib. 8, 869:

pennas,

i. e. to fly away, Prop. 2, 24, 22 (3, 19, 6):

cardinem,

Ov. M. 14, 782:

fores tacito cardine,

Tib. 1, 6, 12: cadum, to turn or tip up, Hor. C. 3, 29, 2:

versā pulvis inscribitur hastā,

inverted, Verg. A. 1, 478:

verte hac te, puere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 29; cf.:

verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus,

Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:

cum haesisset descendenti (virgini) stola, vertit se et recollegit,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9:

ante tuos quotiens verti me, perfida, postes,

Prop. 1, 16, 43:

Pompeiani se verterunt et loco cesserunt,

turned about, wheeled about, fled, Caes. B. C. 3, 51; cf.:

vertere terga,

to turn one's back, run away, betake one's self to flight, id. B. G. 1, 53; 3, 21; id. B. C. 1, 47; 3, 63 fin.; Liv. 1, 14, 9; cf.

also: hostem in fugam,

to put to flight, rout, id. 30, 33, 16;

Auct. B. Afr. 17: iter retro,

Liv. 28, 3, 1:

hiems (piscis) ad hoc mare,

Hor. Epod. 2, 52: fenestrae in viam versae, turned or directed towards, looking towards, Liv. 1, 41, 4; cf.:

mare ad occidentem versum,

id. 36, 15, 9:

Scytharum gens ab oriente ad septentrionem se vertit,

Curt. 7, 7, 3:

(Maeander) nunc ad fontes, nunc in mare versus,

Ov. M. 8, 165: terram aratro, to turn up or over, to plough, etc., Hor. S. 1, 1, 28:

ferro terram,

Verg. G. 1, 147:

glaebas (aratra),

Ov. M. 1, 425; 5, 477:

solum bidentibus,

Col. 4, 5:

agros bove,

Prop. 3, 7, 43 (4, 6, 43):

collem,

Col. 3, 13, 8:

freta lacertis (in rowing),

Verg. A. 5, 141:

ex illā pecuniā magnam partem ad se vortit,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57.—Mid.: vertier ad lapidem, to turn or incline one's self towards, Lucr. 5, 1199:

congressi... ad caedem vertuntur,

Liv. 1, 7, 2; so,

versi in fugam hostes,

Tac. H. 2, 26; cf.:

Philippis versa acies retro,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 26:

sinit hic violentis omnia verti Turbinibus,

to whirl themselves about, Lucr. 5, 503:

magnus caeli si vortitur orbis,

id. 5, 510:

vertitur interea caelum,

revolves, Verg. A. 2, 250:

squamarum serie a caudā ad caput versā,

reaching, Plin. 28, 8, 30, § 119.—

Trop.

In gen., to turn:

ne ea, quae reipublicae causa egerit, in suam contumeliam vertat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 8:

in suam rem litem vertendo,

Liv. 3, 72, 2:

usum ejus (olei) ad luxuriam vertere Graeci,

Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19; cf.:

aliquid in rem vertere,

turn to account, make profitable, Dig. 15, 3, 1 sqq.:

edocere, quo sese vertant sortes,

Enn. Trag. v. 64 Vahl.; Verg. A. 1, 671:

ne sibi vitio verterent, quod abesset a patriā,

Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1:

idque omen in Macedonum metum verterunt Tyrii,

Curt. 4, 2, 13:

in religionem vertentes comitia biennic habita,

making a matter of religious scruple, Liv. 5, 14, 2:

aquarum insolita magnitudo in religionem versa,

id. 30, 38, 10; cf. id. 26, 11, 3:

id ipsum quod iter belli esset obstructum, in prodigium et omen imminentium cladium vertebatur,

Tac. H. 1, 86 fin.:

vertere in se Cotyi data,

to appropriate, id. A. 2, 64:

perii! quid agam? quo me vertam?

Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 1:

quo se verteret, non habebat,

Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74; id. Div. 2, 72, 149:

Philippus totus in Persea versus,

inclined towards him, Liv. 40, 5, 9:

toti in impetum atque iram versi,

id. 25, 16, 19:

si bellum omne eo vertat,

id. 26, 12, 13:

di vortant bene, Quod agas,

cause to turn out well, prosper, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 121; cf. infra, II. B.; so,

in melius somnia,

Tib. 3, 4, 95.—

In partic.

To turn, i. e. to change, aller, transform (syn. muto):

Juppiter In Amphitruonis vortit sese imaginem,

Plaut. Am. prol. 121:

in anginam ego nunc me velim vorti,

id. Most. 1. 3, 61:

omnes natura cibos in corpora viva Vertit,

Lucr. 2, 880: vertunt se fluvii frondes et pabula laeta In pecudes; vertunt pecudes [p. 1978] in corpora nostra Naturam, id. 2, 875 sq.; cf.:

cum terra in aquam se vertit,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 31:

verte omnis tete in facies,

Verg. A. 12, 891:

ego, quae memet in omnia verti,

id. ib. 7, 309:

tot sese vertit in ora,

id. ib. 7, 328:

inque deum de bove versus erat,

Ov. F. 5, 616:

Auster in Africum se vertit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 26 fin.; cf. Liv. 30, 24, 7:

semina malorum in contrarias partes se vertere,

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:

omnia versa et mutata in pejorem partem,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 103:

cur nunc tua quisquam Vertere jussa potest,

Verg. A. 10, 35:

hic continentiam et moderationem in superbiam ac lasciviam vertit,

Curt. 6, 6, 1; cf.:

fortuna hoc militiae probrum vertit in gloriam,

id. 9, 10, 28:

versus civitatis status,

Tac. A. 1, 4:

versis ad prospera fatis,

Ov. H. 16, 89: solum, to change one's country, i. e. to emigrate or go into exile, Cic. Balb. 11, 28; Amm. 15, 3, 11 et saep.; v. solum. —With abl. (rare and poet.):

nullā tamen alite verti Dignatur,

Ov. M. 10, 157; cf.

muto.—Prov.: in fumum et cinerem vertere,

to turn into smoke, dissipate, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 39.—Mid.:

omnia vertuntur: certe vertuntur amores,

Prop. 2, 8, 7 (9):

saevus apertam In rabiem coepit verti jocus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 149.—

To exchange, interchange: nos divitem istum meminimus adque iste pauperes nos;

vorterunt sese memoriae,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 11; cf.:

vorsis gladiis depugnarier,

id. Cas. 2, 5, 36.—

Of literary productions, to turn into another language, to translate (syn.:

transfero, interpretor, reddo): Philemo scripsit, Plautus vortit barbare,

Plaut. Trin. prol. 19:

si sic verterem Platonem, ut verteruntnostri poëtae fabulas,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7:

verti etiam multa de Graecis,

id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26:

annales Acilianos ex Graeco in Latinum sermonem vertit,

Liv. 25, 39, 12.—

To ply:

stimulos sub pectore vertit Apollo,

i. e. stimulates the fury, Verg. A. 6, 101.—

In partic., like our to turn upside down, i. e. to overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy (= everto):

Callicratidas cum multa fecisset egregie, vertit ad extremum omnia,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84:

agerent, verterent cuncta,

Tac. H. 1, 2; id. A. 2, 42; 3, 36:

Cycnum Vi multā,

Ov. M. 12, 139:

fluxas Phrygiae res fundo,

Verg. A. 10, 88; 1, 20; 2, 652:

vertere ab imo moenia Trojae,

id. ib. 5, 810:

Ilion fatalis incestusque judex... vertit in pulverem,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 20:

proceras fraxinos,

id. ib. 3, 25, 16:

ab imo regna,

Sen. Hippol. 562:

Penates,

id. Troad. 91:

puppem,

Luc. 3, 650:

fortunas,

Amm. 28, 3, 1.—

Mid., from the idea of turning round in a place, to be engaged in, to be in a place or condition; also to turn, rest, or depend upon a thing:

jam homo in mercaturā vortitur,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 109:

res in periculo vortitur,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 12; Phaedr. 2, 8, 19; so,

res vertitur in majore discrimine,

Liv. 6, 36, 7:

ipse catervis Vertitur in mediis,

Verg. A. 11, 683:

omnia in unius potestate ac moderatione vertentur,

Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 20; so,

spes civitatis in dictatore,

Liv. 4, 31, 4:

totum id in voluntate Philippi,

id. 37, 7, 8:

causa in jure,

Cic. Brut. 39, 145:

hic victoria,

Verg. A. 10, 529:

cum circa hanc consultationem disceptatio omnis verteretur,

Liv. 36, 7, 1:

puncto saepe temporis maximarum rerum momenta verti,

id. 3, 27, 7.— Impers.:

vertebatur, utrum manerent in Achaico concilio Lacedaemonii, an, etc.,

Liv. 39, 48, 3.—

To ascribe, refer:

quae fuerunt populis magis exitio quam fames morbique, quaeque alia in deum iras velut ultima malorum vertunt,

Liv. 4, 9, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:

cum omnium secundorum adversorumque in deos verterent,

id. 28, 11, 1.—

= considero; exercitum majorum more vortere, Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 408 dub. (Sall. H. inc. 51 Dietsch ad loc.).

Neutr., to turn one's self, direct one's way, to turn about, to turn.

Lit.:

depulsi aemulatione alio vertunt,

Tac. A. 1, 18:

eoque audaciae provectum ut verteret, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 10:

utinam mea vocula dominae vertat in auriculas!

Prop. 1, 16, 28:

versuros extemplo in fugam omnes ratus,

Liv. 38, 26, 8 (but in Lucr. 5, 617 the correct read. is cancri se ut vortat).—

Trop., to turn, change, etc.:

jam verterat fortuna,

Liv. 5, 49, 5:

libertatem aliorum in suam vertisse servitutem conquerebantur,

id. 2, 3, 3:

totae solidam in glaciem vertere lacunae,

Verg. G. 3, 365: verterat pernicies in accusatorem, Tac. A. 11, 37:

quod si esset factum, detrimentum in bonum verteret,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73 fin.:

ea ludificatio veri in verum vertit,

Liv. 26, 6, 16: talia incepta, ni in consultorem vertissent, reipublicae pestem factura, against, Sall. H. inc. 89 Dietsch:

neque inmerito suum ipsorum exemplum in eos versurum,

Liv. 7, 38, 6:

si malus est, male res vortunt, quas agit,

turn out badly, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 5; so,

quae res tibi vertat male,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 37:

quod bene vertat, castra Albanos Romanis castris jungere jubet (= cum bonis omnibus),

Liv. 1, 28, 1; 3, 62, 5; 3, 35, 8:

quod bene verteret,

Curt. 5, 4, 12; 7, 11, 14:

hos illi (quod nec vertat bene), mittimus haedos,

Verg. E. 9, 6.—

Annus, mensis vertens, the course or space of a year, of a month:

anno vertente sine controversiā (petisses),

Cic. Quint. 12, 40; so,

anno vertente,

id. N. D. 2, 20, 53; Nep. Ages. 4, 4; cf.:

apparuisse numen deorum intra finem anni vertentis,

Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 22:

tu si hanc emeris, Numquam hercle hunc mensem vortentem, credo, servibit tibi,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 76; Macr. S. 1, 14.—

Pregn.: annus vertens, the great year or cycle of the celestial bodies (a space of 15,000 solar years), Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24.—Hence, ver-sus ( vors-), or (much less freq.) ver-sum ( vors-), adv., turned in the direction of, towards a thing; usu. after the name of a place to which motion is directed (orig. a part., turned towards, facing, etc., and so always in Livy; cf. Liv. 1, 18, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.; 1, 41, 4; 9, 2, 15).

Form versus (vors-).

After ad and acc.:

T. Labienum ad Oceanum versus... proficisci jubet,

Caes. B. G. 6, 33: ad Alpes versus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2:

ad Cercinam insulam versus, Auct. B. Afr. 8, 3: ad Cordubam versus, Auct. B. Hisp. 11: modo ad Urbem, modo in Galliam versus,

Sall. C. 56, 4. —

After in and acc.:

in agrum versus,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10:

in forum versus,

Cic. Lael. 25, 96:

in Arvernos versus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 8: si in urbem versus venturi erunt, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 78 (82), 3.—

After acc. alone (class. only with names of towns and small islands):

verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus,

Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:

Brundisium versus,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 3:

Ambraciam versus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 36:

Massiliam versus,

id. ib. 2, 3:

Narbonem versus,

id. B. G. 7, 7.—

After other advv.:

deorsum versus,

Cato, R. R. 156, 4:

sursum versus,

Cic. Or. 39, 135:

dimittit quoquo versus legationes,

Caes. B. G. 7, 4:

ut quaedam vocabula utroque versus dicantur,

Gell. 5, 12, 10; cf. the adverbs deorsum, sursum, etc.—

Form versum (vors-).

After ad and acc.:

animadvertit fugam ad se versum fieri,

Sall. J. 58, 4.—

After other advv.:

cunas rursum vorsum trahere,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 60 (63):

lumbis deorsum versum pressis,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 5:

vineam sursum vorsum semper ducito,

Cato, R. R. 33, 1:

cum undique versum circumfluat,

Gell. 12, 13, 20:

utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 8.

, but no ancient authority can be safely cited for this use. The true readings are:

in Italiam versus,

Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 1:

adversus aedem,

Liv. 8, 20, 8:

in forum versus,

Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 121; and perh. in oppidum, Auct. B. Hisp. 21.

prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.

To prefer:

ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—

To go before, precede, outstrip, outrun.

Lit. ( poet.):

cursu pedum ventos,

Verg. A. 7, 807:

equo ventos,

id. ib. 12, 345:

volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

id. ib. 1, 317:

vestigia cervae,

Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—

Trop.

To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

celeri praevertit tristia leto,

Luc. 8, 29:

quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

Gell. 17, 10, 6.—

To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

neque praevorto poculum,

take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—

To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

erilis praevertit metus,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

Liv. 2, 24.—

To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.

With dat.:

rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

ei rei primum praevorti volo,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—

With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

hoc praevortar principio,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —

With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

si quando ad interna praeverterent,

Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

ad ea praeverti,

Col. 3, 7:

hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

Gell. 3, 7, 6.—

With an adverb of place:

illuc praevertamur,

let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—

With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—

Absol.:

in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.

prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.

To prefer:

ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—

To go before, precede, outstrip, outrun.

Lit. ( poet.):

cursu pedum ventos,

Verg. A. 7, 807:

equo ventos,

id. ib. 12, 345:

volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

id. ib. 1, 317:

vestigia cervae,

Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—

Trop.

To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

celeri praevertit tristia leto,

Luc. 8, 29:

quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

Gell. 17, 10, 6.—

To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

neque praevorto poculum,

take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—

To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

erilis praevertit metus,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

Liv. 2, 24.—

To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.

With dat.:

rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

ei rei primum praevorti volo,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—

With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

hoc praevortar principio,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —

With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

si quando ad interna praeverterent,

Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

ad ea praeverti,

Col. 3, 7:

hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

Gell. 3, 7, 6.—

With an adverb of place:

illuc praevertamur,

let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—

With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—

Absol.:

in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.

prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.

To prefer:

ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—

To go before, precede, outstrip, outrun.

Lit. ( poet.):

cursu pedum ventos,

Verg. A. 7, 807:

equo ventos,

id. ib. 12, 345:

volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

id. ib. 1, 317:

vestigia cervae,

Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—

Trop.

To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

celeri praevertit tristia leto,

Luc. 8, 29:

quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

Gell. 17, 10, 6.—

To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

neque praevorto poculum,

take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—

To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

erilis praevertit metus,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

Liv. 2, 24.—

To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.

With dat.:

rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

ei rei primum praevorti volo,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—

With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

hoc praevortar principio,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —

With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

si quando ad interna praeverterent,

Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

ad ea praeverti,

Col. 3, 7:

hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

Gell. 3, 7, 6.—

With an adverb of place:

illuc praevertamur,

let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—

With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—

Absol.:

in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.

con-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a. and n., to stretch, stretch out vigorously, to draw tight, strain.

Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

arcum,

Verg. A. 12, 815; Ov. M. 6, 286; id. R. Am. 435: tormenta, Sisen. ap. Non. p. 258, 27; Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: muscipula, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 181, 31:

tenacia vincla,

Verg. G. 4, 412:

ilia risu,

Ov. A. A. 3, 285: pontem in alto, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

oculi contendunt se,

Lucr. 4, 810.— Of stringed instruments, to tune by stretching the strings:

ut in fidibus pluribus, si nulla earum ita contenta nervis sit, ut concentum servare possit,

Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. infra, P. a.—

Meton.

(Causa pro effectu.) Of weapons, to shoot, hurl, dart, throw:

infensam hastam,

Verg. A. 10, 521:

tela,

id. ib. 12, 815:

sagittas nervo,

Sil. 1, 323:

telum aërias in auras,

Verg. A. 5, 520. —

Of places, neutr., to stretch, reach, extend:

haec patulum vallis contendit in orbem,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 30:

Cappadocum gens usque ad Cyrresticam ejus regionem parte suā, quae vocatur Cataonia, contendit,

Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—

Trop. (freq. in prose and poetry); act., to strain eagerly, to stretch, exert, to direct one's mental powers to something, to pursue or strive for earnestly; or neutr., to exert one's self, to strive zealously for something, etc.

In gen.

With acc.:

magnum fortasse onus, verum tamen dignum, in quo omnis nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; cf.:

contendit omnis nervos Chrysippus, ut persuadeat, etc.,

id. Fat. 10, 21:

summas vires de palmā,

Lucr. 4, 990:

animum in curas,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 11:

quo se dira libido,

Lucr. 4, 1043:

tamen id sibi contendendum aut aliter non transducendum exercitum existimabat,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.:

id contendere et laborare, ne ea, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52: et petere imperium populi et contendere honores, Varr. ap. Non. p. 259, 32.—

With inf., to exert one's self vigorously to do something, to apply one's self with zeal to, to go to:

hunc locum duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 21:

summā vi transcendere in hostium naves,

id. ib. 3, 15:

fugā salutem petere,

id. ib. al.; Quint. 10, 1, 125:

neque ego nunc hoc contendo... mutare animum, sed, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38.—

Neutr.:

quantum coniti animo potes, quantum labore contendere... tantum fac ut efficias,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6.— With ut:

quántum potero voce contendam, ut populus hoc Romanus exaudiat,

Cic. Lig. 3, 6; so,

remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8 et saep.:

contende quaeso atque elabora, ut, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42.— Absol.:

vociferarer et, quantum maxime possem, contenderem,

Cic. Fl. 16, 38 al.:

non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus (= collineare),

to aim at, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28.—

In partic.,

To direct or bend one's course eagerly somewhere; or, neutr., to strive to get to a place, to seek to arrive at, to go, march, or journey hastily to, etc.

With acc. (very rare):

rectā plateā cursum suum,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58:

nocte unā tantum itineris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.—

With inf. (freq.):

Bibracte ire,

Caes. B. G. 1, 23; so,

ire cum his legionibus,

id. ib. 1, 10:

in Britanniam proficisci,

id. ib. 4, 20:

in provinciam reverti,

id. ib. 3, 6 fin.:

Dyrrhachium petere,

Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf.:

proxima litora petere cursu,

Verg. A. 1, 158; and:

iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere,

Cic. Planc. 40, 96 Wund.—

Neutr. (so most freq.):

in Italiam magnis itineribus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10; cf.:

huc magnis itineribus,

id. ib. 1, 38 fin.:

huc magno cursu,

id. ib. 3, 19:

inde in Italiam,

id. ib. 1, 33:

in fines Sigambrorum,

id. ib. 4, 18:

in castra,

id. ib. 4, 37:

ex eo loco ad flumen,

id. ib. 2, 9:

ad Rhenum finesque Germanorum,

id. ib. 1, 27 fin.:

ad oppidum Noviodunum,

id. ib. 2, 12:

ad castra,

id. ib. 2, 19 fin.; 3, 24 fin.:

ad hostes,

id. ib. 5, 9:

ad Amanum,

Cic. Att. 5, 20, 3: Tarentum ad Heraclidem Ponticum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 260, 19:

Lacedaemonem,

Nep. Cim. 3, 3:

domum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24 fin. et saep.:

ad ultimum animo,

Cic. Mur. 31, 65; cf.:

magna spectare atque ad ea rectis studiis contendere,

id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

ad summam laudem gloriamque maximis laboribus et periculis,

id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

ad salutem,

Caes. B. G. 3, 3 fin. —

( Neutr.) To measure or try one's strength with, with weapons, by words, in action, etc.; to strive, dispute, fight, contend against, vie with; constr. with cum aliquo, contra or adversus aliquem, the dat., inter se, or absol.

Cum aliquo:

neque post id tempus umquam summis nobiscum copiis hostes contenderunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 17 fin.; 1, 36:

cum Sequanis bello,

id. ib. 7, 67 fin.:

cum eo armis,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:

cum magnis legionibus parvā manu,

Sall. C. 53, 3:

cum barbaro,

Nep. Con. 4, 3:

cum victore,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 42:

mecum ingenio et arte,

Prop. 2 (3), 24, 23 al.:

cum eo de principatu,

Nep. Arist. 1, 1; cf. id. Ages. 1, 4 al.:

divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industriā cum majoribus suis,

Sall. J. 4, 7:

humilitas cum dignitate et amplitudine,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136.—So with acc. of neutr. pron.:

tamenne vereris, ut possis haec contra Hortensium contendere?

Cic. Quint. 25, 78.—

Contra aliquem:

contra populum Romanum armis,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

tauri pro vitulis contra leones summā vi impetuque contendunt,

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

contra vim gravitatemque morbi,

id. Phil. 9, 7, 15:

nihil contra naturam universam,

id. Off. 1, 31, 110; Cat. 64, 101.—

Adversus aliquem: non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2.—

With dat. ( poet.):

hirundo cycnis,

Lucr. 3, 6:

Homero,

Prop. 1, 7, 3; 1, 14, 7:

Pindaricis plectris,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 101.—

Inter se:

hi cum tantopere de potentatu inter se multos annos contenderent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 4; 1, 5, 3:

viribus inter se,

Lucr. 3, 784.— Impers.:

interim proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur,

the contest was carried on, Caes. B. G. 2, 9.—

Absol.:

proelio,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 50 fin.;

3, 28 al.: magis virtute quam dolo,

id. ib. 1, 13; Nep. Epam. 2, 5:

translatio non habet quaestionem, de quā contendit orator, sed propter quam contendit,

Quint. 3, 6, 72; cf. id. 6, 1, 50; 7, 9, 3 al.— Impers.:

summo jure contenditur,

Cic. Caecin. 23, 65:

de his lite contenditur,

Quint. 3, 4, 8:

de personis judicatur, sed de rebus contenditur,

id. 10, 5, 13.—

In auctions, to vie with in bidding, to bid against: is liceri non destitit;

illi quoad videbatur ferri aliquo modo posse, contenderunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 99.—

( Act.) To place together in comparison, to compare, contrast; constr. with cum, ad, the dat., or acc. only.

With cum: tuam iram contra cum ira Liberi, Naev. ap. Non. p. 259, 7; Caecil. ib. p. 259, 1:

id cum defensione nostrā,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93:

rationem meam cum tuā ratione,

id. N. D. 3, 4, 10; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.: suam vitam mecum, Licinius, Macer. ap. Non. p. 259, 3.—

With ad: ut vim contendas tuam ad majestatem viri, Att. ap. Non. p. 259, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 648 Rib.).—

With dat.: Thestiadas Ledae, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 258, 30:

vellera potantia Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; Aus. Grat. Act. 14 al.—

With [p. 447] acc. only: anulum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 258, 29:

ipsas causas, quae inter se confligunt,

Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

leges,

id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

suam quaeque nobilitatem, formam, opes,

Tac. A. 12, 1:

vetera et praesentia,

id. ib. 13, 3.—

( Act.) To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, to seek to gain:

cum a me peteret et summe contenderet, ut suum propinquum defenderem,

Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

verecundius a te, si quae magna res mihi petenda esset, contenderem,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; so,

ab aliquo,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; id. de Or. 1, 36, 166; id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4; id. Fam. 13, 7, 3; cf.:

a magistris de proferendo die,

id. ib. 12, 30, 5; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

ne quid contra aequitatem,

id. Off. 2, 20, 71:

omni opere, ut, etc.,

Suet. Dom. 2:

magno opere, ne, etc.,

id. Aug. 27; id. Vit. 3:

pertinaciter,

id. Caes. 1.—

( Act.) To assert, affirm earnestly, to maintain or contend energetically.

With acc. and inf.:

sic ego hoc contendo, me tibi ipsi adversario cujuscumque tribus rationem poposceris redditurum,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48; id. Sest. 50, 107; id. Arch. 7, 15:

apud eos contendit falsa esse delata,

Nep. Them. 7, 2; id. Epam. 8, 1:

illud pro me majoribusque meis contendere ausim, nihil nos... scientes fuisse,

Liv. 6, 40, 5; Quint. prooem. § 11; 1, 2, 25; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 6; Lucr. 5, 1343; Cat. 44, 4; Ov. M. 2, 855; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37 al.—

Absol. (very rare):

si manantia corpuscula iter claudunt, ut Asclepiades contendit,

Cels. 1, praef. § 28.—Hence, contentus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., stretched, strained, tense, tight:

qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 20:

acies oculorum,

Lucr. 1, 325; cf.:

contentis oculis prosequi aliquem,

Suet. Tib. 7:

contentis corporibus facilius feruntur onera (opp. remissa),

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

contentā cervice trahunt plaustra (boves),

Verg. G. 3, 536:

Placideiani contento poplite miror Proelia,

with the knee stiffly bent, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97.—

Trop., eager, intent:

contenta mens fuit in eā ratione,

Lucr. 4, 965; cf. Ov. M. 15, 515:

et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissā leniter,

Cic. Or. 17, 56:

ad tribunatum contento studio cursuque veniamus,

id. Sest. 6, 13.— Sup.:

contentissimā voce clamitans,

App. M. 4, p. 147.— Adv.: con-tentē, earnestly, with great exertion, vehemently:

pro se dicere... mittere contentius,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; cf.:

acriter atque contente pro suis decretis propugnare,

Gell. 18, 1, 2:

contentissime clamitare, App. Flor. n. 8: contentius ambulare,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:

ornamentis iisdem uti fere licebit, alias contentius, alias summissius,

id. de Or. 3, 55, 212:

aliquid curiose atque contente lectitare,

Gell. 3, 3, 1.

cōnĭcĭo (also conjĭcio and cōicio; cf. Munro ad Lucr. 2, 1061; Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7, 5), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. (arch. temp. perf. conjexi, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 99) [jacio].

To throw or bring together, to unite, = cogo, colligo.

Lit. (very rare):

cum semina rerum coaluerint quae, conjecta repente, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 1061; cf. id. 2, 1073 sq.:

palliolum in collum,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 10; id. Capt. 4, 1, 12 (cf. id. ib. 4, 2, 9:

collecto pallio): sarcinas in medium,

Liv. 10, 36, 1 Weissenb. (MSS. in medio); ib. § 13; 31, 27, 7: tecta, quae conjectis celeriter stramentis erant inaedificata, Auct. B. G. 8, 5. —

Trop.

To throw together in speaking, to dispute, contend, discuss, manage judicially (ante-class.): verba inter sese, to bandy words, Afran. ap. Non. p. 267, 28;

so without verba: noli, mea mater, me praesente cum patre, conicere,

id. ib. p. 267, 30;

p. 268, 3: causam conicere hodie ad te volo (conicere, agere, Non.),

id. ib. p. 267, 32; cf. the law formula: ante meridiem causam coiciunto, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20; and Gell. 17, 2, 10.—

Like the Gr. sumballein (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v. III. 2.), to put together logically, connect, unite; hence (causa pro effectu), to draw a conclusion from collected particulars, to conclude, infer, conjecture (not in Quint., who very freq. employed the synon. colligo):

aliquid ex aliquā re,

Lucr. 1, 751; 2, 121; Nep. Eum. 2, 2; id. Timoth. 4, 2:

annos sexaginta natus es aut plus, ut conicio,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:

quid illud mali est? nequeo satis mirari, neque conicere,

id. Eun. 3, 4, 9:

cito conjeci, Lanuvii te fuisse,

Cic. Att. 14, 21, 1:

de futuris,

Nep. Them. 1, 4:

quam multos esse oporteret, ex ipso navigio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 71:

conicito, possisne necne, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 1, 6:

tu conicito cetera, Quid ego ex hac inopiā capiam,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 15.—

In partic., t. t. of the lang. of augury, to prophesy, foretell, divine from omens, signs ( a dream, oracle, etc.); to interpret an omen, a dream, an oracle, etc.:

somnium huic,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 3:

qui de matre suaviandā ex oraculo Apollinis tam acute arguteque conjecerit,

Cic. Brut. 14, 53:

male conjecta maleque interpretata falsa sunt, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 52, 119; cf. id. ib. 2, 31, 66:

num igitur quae tempestas impendeat vatis melius coniciet quam gubernator? etc.,

id. ib. 2, 5, 12:

bene qui coniciet, vatem hunc perhibebo optumum (transl. of a Greek verse),

id. ib. 2, 5, 12; cf. conjectura, II., conjector, and conjectrix.—

To throw, cast, urge, drive, hurl, put, place, etc., a person or thing with force, quickly, etc., to or towards; and conicere se, to betake, cast, or throw one's self hastily or in flight somewhere (very freq. and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

With in:

tela in nostros,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26; 1, 46; Nep. Dat. 9, 5:

pila in hostes,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52: aliquem in carcerem, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 17; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96; Suet. Caes. 17:

in vincula,

Caes. B. G. 4, 27; Sall. C. 42, 3; Nep. Milt. 7 fin.; id. Paus. 3, 5; id. Pelop. 5, 1; Liv. 29, 9, 8, and id. 19, 2, 4 et saep.:

in catenas,

Caes. B. G. 1, 47 fin.; Liv. 29, 21, 2:

in compedes,

Suet. Vit. 12:

in custodiam,

Nep. Phoc. 3, 4; Gai Inst. 1, 13; Suet. Aug. 27 al.: incolas vivos constrictosque in flammam, Auct. B. Afr. 87; cf.:

te in ignem,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 64:

in eculeum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

hostem in fugam,

Caes. B. G. 4, 12:

exercitum in angustias,

Curt. 5, 3, 21:

navem in portum (vis tempestatis),

Cic. Inv. 2, 32, 98:

serpentes vivas in vasa fictilia,

Nep. Hann. 10, 4:

cultros in guttura velleris atri,

to thrust into, Ov. M. 7, 245; cf.:

ferrum in guttura,

id. ib. 3, 90:

se in signa manipulosque,

Caes. B. G. 6, 40:

se in paludem,

Liv. 1, 12, 10:

se in sacrarium,

Nep. Them. 8, 4:

se in ultimam provinciam Tarsum usque,

Cic. Att. 5, 16, 4:

se in fugam,

id. Cael. 26, 63; so,

se in pedes,

to take to one's heels, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 13 (cf.: se conferre in pedes, Enn. ap. Non. p. 518, 20, and Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7; and:

quin, pedes, vos in curriculum conicitis?

id. Merc. 5, 2, 91):

se intro,

Lucil. 28, 47; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 36.—

With dat. (rare):

alii spolia... Coniciunt igni,

Verg. A. 11, 194:

huic dea unum anguem Conicit,

id. ib. 7, 347:

facem juveni conjecit,

id. ib. 7, 456:

conjectaque vincula collo accipit,

thrown about the neck, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 83.—

With ad:

animus domicilia mutet ad alias animalium formas conjectus,

removed, transposed, Sen. Ep. 88, 29.—

With acc. alone (mostly poet.):

magnus decursus aquaï Fragmina coniciens silvarum arbustaque tota,

bearing down, prostrating, Lucr. 1, 284:

jaculum,

Verg. A. 9, 698:

tela,

Ov. M. 5, 42:

cultros,

id. ib. 15, 735:

thyrsos,

id. ib. 11, 28:

venabula manibus,

id. ib. 12, 454:

domus inflammata conjectis ignibus,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2:

telum inbelle sine ictu,

Verg. A. 2, 544.—

With inter:

jaculum inter ilia,

Ov. M. 8, 412.—

Trop., to bring, direct, turn, throw, urge, drive, force something eagerly, quickly to or towards, etc.

With in:

aliquem in morbum ex aegritudine,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 69:

aliquem in laetitiam,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 51:

(hostes) in terrorem ac tumultum,

Liv. 34, 28, 3:

in metum,

id. 39, 25, 11:

in periculum,

Suet. Oth. 10:

rem publicam in perturbationes,

Cic. Fam. 12, 1, 1:

aliquem in nuptias,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 23; cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 14;

4, 1, 43: (Catilinam) ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

aliquem in tricas,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 18; Liv. 36, 12, 4:

se in saginam ad regem aliquem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 99: se mirificam in latebram, to fly to (in disputing), Cic. Div. 2, 20, 46:

se in noctem,

to commit one's self to the night, travel by night, id. Mil. 19, 49: se mente ac voluntate in versum, to devote or apply one's self with zeal to the art of poetry, id. de Or. 3, 50, 194:

oculos in aliquem,

id. Clu. 19, 54; id. Lael. 2, 9; Tac. H. 1, 17:

orationem tam improbe in clarissimos viros,

Cic. Sest. 18, 40:

tantam pecuniam in propylaea,

to throw away, squander, id. Off. 2, 17, 60; cf.:

cum sestertium milies in culinam conjecisset (Apicius),

Sen. Cons. Helv. 10, 9:

culpam in unum vigilem,

Liv. 5, 47, 10:

crimina in tuam nimiam diligentiam,

Cic. Mur. 35, 73:

maledicta in ejus vitam,

id. Planc. 12, 31: causas tenues simultatum in gregem locupletium, i. e. to cause, occasion, Auct. B. Alex. 49:

crimen in quae tempora,

Liv. 3, 24, 5:

omen in illam provinciam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 18.—

Absol.:

oculos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 225:

petitiones ita conjectae (the fig. taken from aiming at a thing with weapons),

id. Cat. 1, 6, 15: in disputando conjecit illam vocem Cn. Pompeius, omnes oportere senatui dicto audientes esse, threw out or let fall, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 4.—

With sub:

id vos sub legis superbissimae vincula conicitis,

Liv. 4, 4, 10.—

Of a verbal bringing forward, etc., to urge, press, treat, adduce: rem ubi paciscuntur, in comitio aut in foro causam coiciunto, XII. Tab. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20: causam coicere ad te volo, Afran. ap. Non. p. 267, 32 (Com. Rel. v. 216 Rib.):

verba inter se acrius,

id. ib. p. 267, 27 (Com. Rel. v. 309 ib.): is cum filio Cojecerat nescio quid de ratiunculā, id. ap. Suet. Vit. Ner. 11 (Com. Rel. v. 191 ib.).—

To throw, place, put into, include in, etc.: eum fasciculum, quo illam (epistulam) conjeceram, Cic. Att. 2, 13, 1:

ex illo libello, qui in epistulam conjectus est,

id. ib. 9, 13, 7:

conjeci id (prooemium) in eum librum, quem tibi misi,

id. ib. 16, 6, 4:

pluraque praeterea in eandem epistulam conjeci,

id. ib. 7, 16, 1; cf.:

quod multos dies epistulam in manibus habui... ideo multa conjecta sunt aliud alio tempore,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23:

legem in decimam tabulam,

id. Leg. 2, 25, 64; id. Caecin. 22, 63.

cōnĭcĭo (also conjĭcio and cōicio; cf. Munro ad Lucr. 2, 1061; Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7, 5), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. (arch. temp. perf. conjexi, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 99) [jacio].

To throw or bring together, to unite, = cogo, colligo.

Lit. (very rare):

cum semina rerum coaluerint quae, conjecta repente, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 1061; cf. id. 2, 1073 sq.:

palliolum in collum,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 10; id. Capt. 4, 1, 12 (cf. id. ib. 4, 2, 9:

collecto pallio): sarcinas in medium,

Liv. 10, 36, 1 Weissenb. (MSS. in medio); ib. § 13; 31, 27, 7: tecta, quae conjectis celeriter stramentis erant inaedificata, Auct. B. G. 8, 5. —

Trop.

To throw together in speaking, to dispute, contend, discuss, manage judicially (ante-class.): verba inter sese, to bandy words, Afran. ap. Non. p. 267, 28;

so without verba: noli, mea mater, me praesente cum patre, conicere,

id. ib. p. 267, 30;

p. 268, 3: causam conicere hodie ad te volo (conicere, agere, Non.),

id. ib. p. 267, 32; cf. the law formula: ante meridiem causam coiciunto, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20; and Gell. 17, 2, 10.—

Like the Gr. sumballein (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v. III. 2.), to put together logically, connect, unite; hence (causa pro effectu), to draw a conclusion from collected particulars, to conclude, infer, conjecture (not in Quint., who very freq. employed the synon. colligo):

aliquid ex aliquā re,

Lucr. 1, 751; 2, 121; Nep. Eum. 2, 2; id. Timoth. 4, 2:

annos sexaginta natus es aut plus, ut conicio,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:

quid illud mali est? nequeo satis mirari, neque conicere,

id. Eun. 3, 4, 9:

cito conjeci, Lanuvii te fuisse,

Cic. Att. 14, 21, 1:

de futuris,

Nep. Them. 1, 4:

quam multos esse oporteret, ex ipso navigio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 71:

conicito, possisne necne, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 1, 6:

tu conicito cetera, Quid ego ex hac inopiā capiam,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 15.—

In partic., t. t. of the lang. of augury, to prophesy, foretell, divine from omens, signs ( a dream, oracle, etc.); to interpret an omen, a dream, an oracle, etc.:

somnium huic,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 3:

qui de matre suaviandā ex oraculo Apollinis tam acute arguteque conjecerit,

Cic. Brut. 14, 53:

male conjecta maleque interpretata falsa sunt, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 52, 119; cf. id. ib. 2, 31, 66:

num igitur quae tempestas impendeat vatis melius coniciet quam gubernator? etc.,

id. ib. 2, 5, 12:

bene qui coniciet, vatem hunc perhibebo optumum (transl. of a Greek verse),

id. ib. 2, 5, 12; cf. conjectura, II., conjector, and conjectrix.—

To throw, cast, urge, drive, hurl, put, place, etc., a person or thing with force, quickly, etc., to or towards; and conicere se, to betake, cast, or throw one's self hastily or in flight somewhere (very freq. and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

With in:

tela in nostros,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26; 1, 46; Nep. Dat. 9, 5:

pila in hostes,

Caes. B. G. 1, 52: aliquem in carcerem, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 17; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96; Suet. Caes. 17:

in vincula,

Caes. B. G. 4, 27; Sall. C. 42, 3; Nep. Milt. 7 fin.; id. Paus. 3, 5; id. Pelop. 5, 1; Liv. 29, 9, 8, and id. 19, 2, 4 et saep.:

in catenas,

Caes. B. G. 1, 47 fin.; Liv. 29, 21, 2:

in compedes,

Suet. Vit. 12:

in custodiam,

Nep. Phoc. 3, 4; Gai Inst. 1, 13; Suet. Aug. 27 al.: incolas vivos constrictosque in flammam, Auct. B. Afr. 87; cf.:

te in ignem,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 64:

in eculeum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

hostem in fugam,

Caes. B. G. 4, 12:

exercitum in angustias,

Curt. 5, 3, 21:

navem in portum (vis tempestatis),

Cic. Inv. 2, 32, 98:

serpentes vivas in vasa fictilia,

Nep. Hann. 10, 4:

cultros in guttura velleris atri,

to thrust into, Ov. M. 7, 245; cf.:

ferrum in guttura,

id. ib. 3, 90:

se in signa manipulosque,

Caes. B. G. 6, 40:

se in paludem,

Liv. 1, 12, 10:

se in sacrarium,

Nep. Them. 8, 4:

se in ultimam provinciam Tarsum usque,

Cic. Att. 5, 16, 4:

se in fugam,

id. Cael. 26, 63; so,

se in pedes,

to take to one's heels, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 13 (cf.: se conferre in pedes, Enn. ap. Non. p. 518, 20, and Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7; and:

quin, pedes, vos in curriculum conicitis?

id. Merc. 5, 2, 91):

se intro,

Lucil. 28, 47; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 36.—

With dat. (rare):

alii spolia... Coniciunt igni,

Verg. A. 11, 194:

huic dea unum anguem Conicit,

id. ib. 7, 347:

facem juveni conjecit,

id. ib. 7, 456:

conjectaque vincula collo accipit,

thrown about the neck, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 83.—

With ad:

animus domicilia mutet ad alias animalium formas conjectus,

removed, transposed, Sen. Ep. 88, 29.—

With acc. alone (mostly poet.):

magnus decursus aquaï Fragmina coniciens silvarum arbustaque tota,

bearing down, prostrating, Lucr. 1, 284:

jaculum,

Verg. A. 9, 698:

tela,

Ov. M. 5, 42:

cultros,

id. ib. 15, 735:

thyrsos,

id. ib. 11, 28:

venabula manibus,

id. ib. 12, 454:

domus inflammata conjectis ignibus,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2:

telum inbelle sine ictu,

Verg. A. 2, 544.—

With inter:

jaculum inter ilia,

Ov. M. 8, 412.—

Trop., to bring, direct, turn, throw, urge, drive, force something eagerly, quickly to or towards, etc.

With in:

aliquem in morbum ex aegritudine,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 69:

aliquem in laetitiam,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 51:

(hostes) in terrorem ac tumultum,

Liv. 34, 28, 3:

in metum,

id. 39, 25, 11:

in periculum,

Suet. Oth. 10:

rem publicam in perturbationes,

Cic. Fam. 12, 1, 1:

aliquem in nuptias,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 23; cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 14;

4, 1, 43: (Catilinam) ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

aliquem in tricas,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 18; Liv. 36, 12, 4:

se in saginam ad regem aliquem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 99: se mirificam in latebram, to fly to (in disputing), Cic. Div. 2, 20, 46:

se in noctem,

to commit one's self to the night, travel by night, id. Mil. 19, 49: se mente ac voluntate in versum, to devote or apply one's self with zeal to the art of poetry, id. de Or. 3, 50, 194:

oculos in aliquem,

id. Clu. 19, 54; id. Lael. 2, 9; Tac. H. 1, 17:

orationem tam improbe in clarissimos viros,

Cic. Sest. 18, 40:

tantam pecuniam in propylaea,

to throw away, squander, id. Off. 2, 17, 60; cf.:

cum sestertium milies in culinam conjecisset (Apicius),

Sen. Cons. Helv. 10, 9:

culpam in unum vigilem,

Liv. 5, 47, 10:

crimina in tuam nimiam diligentiam,

Cic. Mur. 35, 73:

maledicta in ejus vitam,

id. Planc. 12, 31: causas tenues simultatum in gregem locupletium, i. e. to cause, occasion, Auct. B. Alex. 49:

crimen in quae tempora,

Liv. 3, 24, 5:

omen in illam provinciam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 18.—

Absol.:

oculos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 225:

petitiones ita conjectae (the fig. taken from aiming at a thing with weapons),

id. Cat. 1, 6, 15: in disputando conjecit illam vocem Cn. Pompeius, omnes oportere senatui dicto audientes esse, threw out or let fall, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 4.—

With sub:

id vos sub legis superbissimae vincula conicitis,

Liv. 4, 4, 10.—

Of a verbal bringing forward, etc., to urge, press, treat, adduce: rem ubi paciscuntur, in comitio aut in foro causam coiciunto, XII. Tab. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20: causam coicere ad te volo, Afran. ap. Non. p. 267, 32 (Com. Rel. v. 216 Rib.):

verba inter se acrius,

id. ib. p. 267, 27 (Com. Rel. v. 309 ib.): is cum filio Cojecerat nescio quid de ratiunculā, id. ap. Suet. Vit. Ner. 11 (Com. Rel. v. 191 ib.).—

To throw, place, put into, include in, etc.: eum fasciculum, quo illam (epistulam) conjeceram, Cic. Att. 2, 13, 1:

ex illo libello, qui in epistulam conjectus est,

id. ib. 9, 13, 7:

conjeci id (prooemium) in eum librum, quem tibi misi,

id. ib. 16, 6, 4:

pluraque praeterea in eandem epistulam conjeci,

id. ib. 7, 16, 1; cf.:

quod multos dies epistulam in manibus habui... ideo multa conjecta sunt aliud alio tempore,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23:

legem in decimam tabulam,

id. Leg. 2, 25, 64; id. Caecin. 22, 63.

as-sŭesco ( ads-, B. and K., Rib., Halm, Weissenb.; ads- and ass-, Merk.), ēvi, ētum, 3 (adsuëtus, four syll., Phaedr. 3, prol. 14), v. a., to use or accustom one to something, to habituate; or, more freq., v. n., to accustom one's self to, to be wont, to be accustomed to.

In gen.; constr. usu. with abl. or inf.; after the Aug. per. also with ad, in with acc., or dat.

With abl. (a constr. unjustly censured by Wunder, Rhein. Mus. 1829, II. p. 288 sq. The idea of the ad, which would require the acc. or dat. case, is not, as at a later period, prominent in the word, but that of suesco; accordingly, pr., to adopt some custom, to addict or apply one's self to a custom or habit, to become accustomed to something; so that the abl. of specification, as in amore affici, pedibus laborare, etc., only designates more specifically the object which is the subject of that custom; cf. Gron. and Drak. ad Liv. 31, 35, 3; Kritz. ad Sall. C. 2, 9; Rudd. II. p. 137 sq.; Ramsh. p. 427;

v. also assuefacio): homines labore adsiduo et cotidiano adsueti,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58; so,

vicinitas non infuscata malevolentiā, non adsueta mendaciis,

id. Planc. 9, 22:

gens adsueta multo Venatu nemorum,

Verg. A. 7, 746:

Odrysius praedae assuetus amore,

Ov. M. 13, 554:

genus pugnae, quo adsuērant,

Liv. 31, 35 Gron.:

adsuetae sanguine et praedā aves,

Flor. 1, 1, 7; 4, 12, 17:

adsuetus imperio et inmoderatā licentiā militari,

Just. 31, 1, 8:

gentes alterius imperio ac nomine adsuetas,

Curt. 6, 3, 8; Front. Princ. Hist. Fragm. 2, p. 341.—

With inf.:

fremitum voce vincere,

Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

votis jam nunc adsuesce vocari,

Verg. G. 1, 42:

adsueti muros defendere,

id. A. 9, 511:

Candida de nigris et de candentibus atra Qui facere adsuērat,

Ov. M. 11, 315; 10, 533; id. Tr. 2, 504; id. M. 8, 335:

adsuetus graecari,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 11:

auditor adsuevit jam exigere laetitiam,

Tac. Or. 20; 34; id. H. 4, 34; Vell. 2, 33:

(polypus) adsuetus exire e mari in lacus,

Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92:

reliquas (legiones) in hiberna dimittere assuerat,

Suet. Aug. 49.—

With ad or in with acc.:

uri adsuescere ad homines ne parvuli quidem possunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 707 P.:

manus adsuetae ad sceptra,

Sen. Troad. 152:

jam inde a puero in omnia familiaria jura adsuetus,

Liv. 24, 5; Flor. 4, 12, 43.—

With dat.:

mensae adsuetus erili,

Verg. A. 7, 490:

Adsuescent Latio Partha tropaea Jovi,

Prop. 4, 3, 6:

caritas ipsius soli, cui longo tempore adsuescitur,

to which one is accustomed, Liv. 2, 1:

ex more, cui adsuerunt,

Quint. 4, 2, 29:

ut quieti et otio per voluptates adsuescerent,

Tac. Agr. 21:

adsuetus expeditionibus miles,

id. ib. 16:

adsueti juventae Neronis,

id. H. 1, 7:

quo celerius (libri senatorum) rei publicae assuescerent,

Suet. Aug. 38:

Jurationi non adsuescat os tuum,

Vulg. Eccli. 23, 9.—Acc. to a rare constr.,

With acc. rei in the Gr. manner, eithismai ti:

ne pueri, ne tanta animis adsuescite bella (for bellis),

accustom not your minds to such great wars, Verg. A. 6, 833:

Galli juxta invia ac devia adsueti,

Liv. 21, 33:

frigora atque inediam caelo solove adsuerunt,

Tac. G. 4 Baumst.—

With gen.:

Romanis Gallici tumultūs adsuetis,

Liv. 38, 17.—

Esp.:

alicui, in mal. part.,

Curt. 6, 5.— Hence, assŭētus ( ads-), a, um, P. a., accustomed, customary, usual:

Tempus et adsuetā ponere in arte juvat,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 36:

otium des corpori, adsueta vicis,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 14:

adsuetos potare fontes,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169:

adsuetam sibi causam suscipit,

Vell. 2, 120.—Hence with a comp. and abl.:

longius adsueto lumina nostra vident,

Ov. H. 6, 72:

adsueto propior,

Stat. Th. 12, 306.

as-sŭesco ( ads-, B. and K., Rib., Halm, Weissenb.; ads- and ass-, Merk.), ēvi, ētum, 3 (adsuëtus, four syll., Phaedr. 3, prol. 14), v. a., to use or accustom one to something, to habituate; or, more freq., v. n., to accustom one's self to, to be wont, to be accustomed to.

In gen.; constr. usu. with abl. or inf.; after the Aug. per. also with ad, in with acc., or dat.

With abl. (a constr. unjustly censured by Wunder, Rhein. Mus. 1829, II. p. 288 sq. The idea of the ad, which would require the acc. or dat. case, is not, as at a later period, prominent in the word, but that of suesco; accordingly, pr., to adopt some custom, to addict or apply one's self to a custom or habit, to become accustomed to something; so that the abl. of specification, as in amore affici, pedibus laborare, etc., only designates more specifically the object which is the subject of that custom; cf. Gron. and Drak. ad Liv. 31, 35, 3; Kritz. ad Sall. C. 2, 9; Rudd. II. p. 137 sq.; Ramsh. p. 427;

v. also assuefacio): homines labore adsiduo et cotidiano adsueti,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58; so,

vicinitas non infuscata malevolentiā, non adsueta mendaciis,

id. Planc. 9, 22:

gens adsueta multo Venatu nemorum,

Verg. A. 7, 746:

Odrysius praedae assuetus amore,

Ov. M. 13, 554:

genus pugnae, quo adsuērant,

Liv. 31, 35 Gron.:

adsuetae sanguine et praedā aves,

Flor. 1, 1, 7; 4, 12, 17:

adsuetus imperio et inmoderatā licentiā militari,

Just. 31, 1, 8:

gentes alterius imperio ac nomine adsuetas,

Curt. 6, 3, 8; Front. Princ. Hist. Fragm. 2, p. 341.—

With inf.:

fremitum voce vincere,

Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

votis jam nunc adsuesce vocari,

Verg. G. 1, 42:

adsueti muros defendere,

id. A. 9, 511:

Candida de nigris et de candentibus atra Qui facere adsuērat,

Ov. M. 11, 315; 10, 533; id. Tr. 2, 504; id. M. 8, 335:

adsuetus graecari,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 11:

auditor adsuevit jam exigere laetitiam,

Tac. Or. 20; 34; id. H. 4, 34; Vell. 2, 33:

(polypus) adsuetus exire e mari in lacus,

Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92:

reliquas (legiones) in hiberna dimittere assuerat,

Suet. Aug. 49.—

With ad or in with acc.:

uri adsuescere ad homines ne parvuli quidem possunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 707 P.:

manus adsuetae ad sceptra,

Sen. Troad. 152:

jam inde a puero in omnia familiaria jura adsuetus,

Liv. 24, 5; Flor. 4, 12, 43.—

With dat.:

mensae adsuetus erili,

Verg. A. 7, 490:

Adsuescent Latio Partha tropaea Jovi,

Prop. 4, 3, 6:

caritas ipsius soli, cui longo tempore adsuescitur,

to which one is accustomed, Liv. 2, 1:

ex more, cui adsuerunt,

Quint. 4, 2, 29:

ut quieti et otio per voluptates adsuescerent,

Tac. Agr. 21:

adsuetus expeditionibus miles,

id. ib. 16:

adsueti juventae Neronis,

id. H. 1, 7:

quo celerius (libri senatorum) rei publicae assuescerent,

Suet. Aug. 38:

Jurationi non adsuescat os tuum,

Vulg. Eccli. 23, 9.—Acc. to a rare constr.,

With acc. rei in the Gr. manner, eithismai ti:

ne pueri, ne tanta animis adsuescite bella (for bellis),

accustom not your minds to such great wars, Verg. A. 6, 833:

Galli juxta invia ac devia adsueti,

Liv. 21, 33:

frigora atque inediam caelo solove adsuerunt,

Tac. G. 4 Baumst.—

With gen.:

Romanis Gallici tumultūs adsuetis,

Liv. 38, 17.—

Esp.:

alicui, in mal. part.,

Curt. 6, 5.— Hence, assŭētus ( ads-), a, um, P. a., accustomed, customary, usual:

Tempus et adsuetā ponere in arte juvat,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 36:

otium des corpori, adsueta vicis,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 14:

adsuetos potare fontes,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169:

adsuetam sibi causam suscipit,

Vell. 2, 120.—Hence with a comp. and abl.:

longius adsueto lumina nostra vident,

Ov. H. 6, 72:

adsueto propior,

Stat. Th. 12, 306.

as-sŭesco ( ads-, B. and K., Rib., Halm, Weissenb.; ads- and ass-, Merk.), ēvi, ētum, 3 (adsuëtus, four syll., Phaedr. 3, prol. 14), v. a., to use or accustom one to something, to habituate; or, more freq., v. n., to accustom one's self to, to be wont, to be accustomed to.

In gen.; constr. usu. with abl. or inf.; after the Aug. per. also with ad, in with acc., or dat.

With abl. (a constr. unjustly censured by Wunder, Rhein. Mus. 1829, II. p. 288 sq. The idea of the ad, which would require the acc. or dat. case, is not, as at a later period, prominent in the word, but that of suesco; accordingly, pr., to adopt some custom, to addict or apply one's self to a custom or habit, to become accustomed to something; so that the abl. of specification, as in amore affici, pedibus laborare, etc., only designates more specifically the object which is the subject of that custom; cf. Gron. and Drak. ad Liv. 31, 35, 3; Kritz. ad Sall. C. 2, 9; Rudd. II. p. 137 sq.; Ramsh. p. 427;

v. also assuefacio): homines labore adsiduo et cotidiano adsueti,

Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58; so,

vicinitas non infuscata malevolentiā, non adsueta mendaciis,

id. Planc. 9, 22:

gens adsueta multo Venatu nemorum,

Verg. A. 7, 746:

Odrysius praedae assuetus amore,

Ov. M. 13, 554:

genus pugnae, quo adsuērant,

Liv. 31, 35 Gron.:

adsuetae sanguine et praedā aves,

Flor. 1, 1, 7; 4, 12, 17:

adsuetus imperio et inmoderatā licentiā militari,

Just. 31, 1, 8:

gentes alterius imperio ac nomine adsuetas,

Curt. 6, 3, 8; Front. Princ. Hist. Fragm. 2, p. 341.—

With inf.:

fremitum voce vincere,

Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

votis jam nunc adsuesce vocari,

Verg. G. 1, 42:

adsueti muros defendere,

id. A. 9, 511:

Candida de nigris et de candentibus atra Qui facere adsuērat,

Ov. M. 11, 315; 10, 533; id. Tr. 2, 504; id. M. 8, 335:

adsuetus graecari,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 11:

auditor adsuevit jam exigere laetitiam,

Tac. Or. 20; 34; id. H. 4, 34; Vell. 2, 33:

(polypus) adsuetus exire e mari in lacus,

Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92:

reliquas (legiones) in hiberna dimittere assuerat,

Suet. Aug. 49.—

With ad or in with acc.:

uri adsuescere ad homines ne parvuli quidem possunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 28; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 707 P.:

manus adsuetae ad sceptra,

Sen. Troad. 152:

jam inde a puero in omnia familiaria jura adsuetus,

Liv. 24, 5; Flor. 4, 12, 43.—

With dat.:

mensae adsuetus erili,

Verg. A. 7, 490:

Adsuescent Latio Partha tropaea Jovi,

Prop. 4, 3, 6:

caritas ipsius soli, cui longo tempore adsuescitur,

to which one is accustomed, Liv. 2, 1:

ex more, cui adsuerunt,

Quint. 4, 2, 29:

ut quieti et otio per voluptates adsuescerent,

Tac. Agr. 21:

adsuetus expeditionibus miles,

id. ib. 16:

adsueti juventae Neronis,

id. H. 1, 7:

quo celerius (libri senatorum) rei publicae assuescerent,

Suet. Aug. 38:

Jurationi non adsuescat os tuum,

Vulg. Eccli. 23, 9.—Acc. to a rare constr.,

With acc. rei in the Gr. manner, eithismai ti:

ne pueri, ne tanta animis adsuescite bella (for bellis),

accustom not your minds to such great wars, Verg. A. 6, 833:

Galli juxta invia ac devia adsueti,

Liv. 21, 33:

frigora atque inediam caelo solove adsuerunt,

Tac. G. 4 Baumst.—

With gen.:

Romanis Gallici tumultūs adsuetis,

Liv. 38, 17.—

Esp.:

alicui, in mal. part.,

Curt. 6, 5.— Hence, assŭētus ( ads-), a, um, P. a., accustomed, customary, usual:

Tempus et adsuetā ponere in arte juvat,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 36:

otium des corpori, adsueta vicis,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 14:

adsuetos potare fontes,

Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169:

adsuetam sibi causam suscipit,

Vell. 2, 120.—Hence with a comp. and abl.:

longius adsueto lumina nostra vident,

Ov. H. 6, 72:

adsueto propior,

Stat. Th. 12, 306.

in-sisto, stĭti, 3, v. n., to set foot upon, to stand, tread, or press upon; constr. mostly with dat., also with in and abl. or acc., or the simple acc. (class.).

Lit.

In gen.

With dat.:

nec desunt villae quae secutae fluminis amoenitatem margini insistunt,

Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 6:

ut proximi jacentibus insisterent,

stepped upon them, Caes. B. G. 2, 27:

alternis pedibus,

Quint. 11, 3, 128:

volucres metuunt insistere ramis,

Luc. 3, 407:

vestigiis,

Liv. 25, 33 fin.:

huic (saxo) institerat frustra,

Ov. F. 5, 150:

plantis,

Juv. 6, 96:

clamoso circo,

occupy a place in, id. 9, 144.—

With in and abl.:

insistebat in manu Cereris dextra simulacrum Victoriae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 110:

cingulus australis, in quo qui insistunt,

id. Rep. 6, 20:

in jugo,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

ipse non insistere in terra poterat,

Curt. 7, 7, 6.—

With in and acc.:

in sinistrum pedem,

Quint. 11, 3, 125; cf.:

corvus repente super galeam insistit,

lights, Gell. 9, 11, 7.—

With the simple acc.:

plantam,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 21:

limen,

to step upon, to tread the threshold, Verg. A. 6, 563:

vestigia nuda sinistri pedis,

id. ib. 7, 690:

primis infans vestigia plantis,

id. ib. 11, 574:

cineres,

Hor. Epod. 16, 11.—

Esp.

To enter on or pursue a way, path, or journey:

cum semel institerunt vestigia certa viaï,

Lucr. 1, 407:

huc an illuc iter,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 11:

omnes itinera insistant sua,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 14:

quam insistam viam,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 3; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 14; Liv. 37, 7, 8.—

In hostile sense, to follow, pursue, press on; with dat.:

effusis hostibus,

Liv. 26, 44, 4:

fugientibus,

id. 27, 13, 4:

contenti non institere cedentibus,

Curt. 8, 11, 18; Nep. Eum. 4.— Pass. impers.:

ut fracto jam Maroboduo, usque in exitium insisteretur,

Tac. A. 2, 62.—

Trop.

In gen., to follow, pursue.

With acc.:

viam domandi,

Verg. G. 3, 164:

rationem pugnae,

plan, Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 3.—

With dat.:

vestigiis laudum suarum,

Liv. 5, 30, 2:

honoribus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 8, 4.—

Esp.

To follow up, pursue an object or enterprise; to press vigorously, apply one ' s self to:

in dolos,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 4:

totus et mente et animo in bellum,

Caes. B. G. 6, 5. — With acc.:

hoc negotium,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54:

manus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 176.—With dat.:

rebus magnis,

Tib. 4, 1, 135:

perdomandae Campaniae,

Tac. H. 3, 77.—

To set about, devote one's self to, to begin with zeal; with inf.: tribuni orare dictatorem insistunt, ut, etc., Liv. 8, 35, 2:

Appium institit sequi,

id. 25, 19, 8; 24, 26, 11; 24, 46, 1; cf.:

postero die ad spolia legenda foedamque spectandam stragem insistunt,

id. 22, 51, 5:

flagitare senatus institit Coruntum, ut,

Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1. — Absol.:

sic institit ore,

i. e. began to speak, Verg. A. 12, 47; cf.:

sic insistit secumque corde volutat,

i. e. to reflect, think, id. ib. 4, 533.—

To persevere, continue, persist in; with inf.:

credere,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 53:

tueri,

Nep. Att. 11.—With dat.:

sin crudelitati insisteret,

Tac. A. 16, 25:

spei,

id. H. 2, 46:

caedibus,

id. A. 2, 21:

studiis,

to pursue diligently, Quint. 1, 12, 10:

obsidioni,

Curt. 7, 6, 23:

curae rerum,

Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 2:

funeri,

to set forward, id. 7, 52, 53, § 177. — Absol.:

importune,

to persist, Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80; Tac. A. 4, 60.—

To press upon, urge; with dat.:

atriensibus ut supellectilem exponant,

Col. 12, 3, 9:

id bellum ipsis institit moenibus,

was at, Liv. 2, 51, 2.— Absol.:

dilataque tempora taedae Institerant,

were at hand, Ov. M. 9, 769:

institit quantum potuit ut illum ex eorum manibus liberaret,

urged, insisted, Aug. in Psa. 63, 4. —

To press upon, repress; and hence, to halt, pause, stop, stand still:

stellarum motus insistunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:

ut non referat pedem, insistet certe,

id. Phil. 12, 3, 8; Tac. A. 4, 60:

quae cum dixisset paulumque institisset,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 75; id. Or. 56, 187:

saepe accidit, ut aut citius insistendum sit, aut longius procedendum,

id. ib. 66, 221; so, to pause in thought, hesitate, doubt:

ille in reliquis rebus non poterit eodem modo insistere?

Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 107; 2, 29, 94.—

To dwell upon, delay at, treat or consider at length:

ut si singulis insistere velim, progredi iste non possit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 74, § 172:

insistendum ei (arbori) paulum,

Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100:

profuit adsidue vitiis insistere amicae,

Ov. R. Am. 315.

ĭn-haerĕo, haesi, haesum, 2, v. n., to stick in, to stick, hang, or cleave to, to adhere to, inhere in.

Lit.

With abl.:

sidera suis sedibus inhaerent,

Cic. Univ. 10:

animi, qui corporibus non inhaerent,

id. Div. 1, 50, 114:

visceribus,

id. Tusc. 2, 8, 20:

constantior quam nova collibus arbor,

Hor. Epod. 12, 20:

occupati regni finibus,

Vell. 2, 129, 3:

prioribus vestigiis,

i. e. continues in his former path, Col. 9, 8, 10:

cervice,

Ov. M. 11, 403.—

With ad and acc.:

ad saxa inhaerentes,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100.—

With in and abl.:

in visceribus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 24:

in rei natura,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 163.—

With dat.:

conjux umeris abeuntis inhaerens,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 79:

pectoribus nostris,

id. ib. 1, 6, 3:

tergo,

id. M. 9, 54. —

Absol.:

linguae,

Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96: inhaesuro similis (canis), as if about to hang on the hare, i. e. to fasten on her, Ov. M. 1, 535:

dextram amplexus inhaesit,

Verg. A. 8, 124. —

Trop., to cling to, adhere to, engage deeply or closely in; to be closely connected with, etc.; with in and abl.:

inhaeret in mentibus quoddam augurium,

is inherent in our minds, Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33.— Absol.:

opinatio inhaerens et penitus insita,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 26.—With dat.:

virtutes semper voluptatibus inhaerent,

are always connected with, id. Fin. 1, 20, 68:

vultibus illa tuis, tanquam praesentis inhaeret,

she hangs upon your features, gazes at, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 19:

pectoribus tu nostris inhaeres,

id. ib. 1, 6, 3:

oculis animisque,

Vell. 1, 14, 1:

paene stulta est inhaerentium oculis ingeniorum enumeratio,

that are before the eyes, plainly to be seen, id. 2, 36, 3:

illa meis oculis species abeuntis inhaeret,

Ov. H. 2, 91:

excidere proxima, vetera inhaerere,

Quint. 11, 2, 6:

memoriae inhaerent fidelius quae, etc.,

id. 10, 6, 2: scio memoriae tuae preces nostras inhaerere, Plin. et Traj. Ep. 12, 1: studiis, to apply one ' s self to, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 11:

studio operatus inhaesi,

id. M. 8, 865:

semper alicui,

to be always about one, id. A. A. 3, 561:

Lysippum statuae unius lineamentis inhaerentem, inopia exstinxit,

constantly intent upon, Petr. 88:

conpendendis rebus pertinaciter inhaerere,

to be obstinately bent on, Amm. 21, 13, 11.—With acc.:

pejores inhaesimus laqueos,

App. M. 8, p. 209.

at-tingo (not adt-), tĭgi, tactum, 3, v. a. [tango] (ante-class. form attĭgo, ĕre, v. infra; attinge = attingam, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 26 Müll.; v. Müll. ad h. l.; concerning attigo, āre, v. fin.), to touch, come in contact with; constr. with the acc.; poet. with ad.

Lit.

In gen.: mento summam aquam, vet. poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10: vestem, Att. ap. Non. p. 75, 32:

Egone Argivum imperium attingam,

id. Trag. Rel. p. 166 Rib.:

suaviter (omnia) attingunt,

Lucr. 4, 623:

nec enim ullum hoc frigidius flumen attigi,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

prius quam aries murum attigisset,

Caes. B. G. 2, 32:

pedibus terram,

Nep. Eum. 5, 5:

quisquis (vas) attigerit,

Vulg. Lev. 15, 23:

nos nihil tuorum attigimus,

id. Gen. 26, 29:

(medicus) pulsum venarum attigit,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

se esse possessorem soli, quod primum Divus Augustus nascens attigisset,

Suet. Aug. 5 (cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 46: Tactaque nascenti corpus haberet humus, acc. to the practice of laying new-born children upon the ground; v. tollo).— Poet.: (Callisto) miles erat Phoebes, nec Maenalon attigit ( nor did there touch, set foot on) ulla Gratior hac Triviae, Ov. M. 2, 415:

usque ad caelum attingebat stans in terrā,

Vulg. Sap. 18, 16.—

With partic. access. ideas.

To touch by striking, to strike; rarely in a hostile manner, to attack, assault:

ne me attingas,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 106;

ne attigas me,

id. Truc. 2, 2, 21:

ne attigas puerum istac caussā,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 41 (quoted by Non. p. 75, 33):

Si tu illam attigeris secus quam dignumst liberam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 91.—Of lightning: ICTV. FVLMINIS. ARBORES. ATTACTAE. ARDVERINT., Fragm. Fratr. Arval. Inscr. Orell. 961; cf.

Fest. s. v. scribonianum, p. 333 Müll., and s. v. obstitum, p. 193: si Vestinus attingeretur, i. e. ei bellum indiceretur,

Liv. 8, 29; so Suet. Ner. 38.—

In mal. part., aliquam, to touch:

virginem,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 61; Cat. 67, 20.—

To touch in eating, to taste, crop:

nulla neque amnem Libavit quadrupes, nec graminis attigit herbam,

Verg. E. 5, 26.—

Of local relations, to come to a place, to approach, reach, arrive at (class.;

esp. freq. in the histt.): aedīs ne attigatis,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 37:

ut primum Asiam attigisti,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

cum primis navibus Britanniam attigit,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23:

Siciliam,

Nep. Dion, 5, 3:

Syriam ac legiones,

Tac. A. 2, 55:

saltuosos locos,

id. ib. 4, 45:

Urbem,

id. Or. 7 fin.:

In paucis diebus quam Capreus attigit etc.,

Suet. Tib. 60; id. Calig. 44; id. Vesp. 4 al.—

Transf., to touch, lie near, border upon, be contiguous to:

Theseus... Attigit injusti regis Gortynia tecta,

Cat. 64, 75:

Cappadociae regio, quae Ciliciam attingeret,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4; id. Pis. 16 fin.:

(stomachus) utrāque ex parte tonsillas attingens, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 54, 135:

eorum fines Nervii attingebant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 15:

ITEM. COLLEGIA. QVAE. ATTINGVNT. EIDEM. FORO,

Inscr. Orell. 3314:

attingere parietem,

Vulg. Ezech. 41, 6.—

Trop.

In gen., to touch, affect, reach:

nec desiderium nos attigit,

Lucr. 3, 922 ( adficit, Lachm.):

ante quam voluptas aut dolor attigerit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 16:

nimirum me alia quoque causa delectat, quae te non attingit,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

quo studio providit, ne qua me illius temporis invidia attingeret,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 10:

si qua de Pompeio nostro tuendo... cura te attingit,

id. Att. 9, 11, A:

erant perpauci, quos ea infamia attingeret, Liv 27, 11, 6: cupidus attingere gaudia,

to feel, Prop. 1, 19, 9:

vox, sonus, attigit aures,

Val. Fl. 2, 452; Claud. B. Get: 412; Manil. 1, 326.—

Esp.

To touch upon in speaking, etc., to mention slightly:

paucis rem,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 11:

summatim attingere,

Lucr. 3, 261:

ut meos quoque attingam,

Cat. 39, 13:

quod perquam breviter perstrinxi atque attigi,

Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201; id. Fam. 2, 4 fin.:

si tantummodo summas attigero,

Nep. Pelop. 1, 1:

invitus ea, tamquam vulnera, attingo, sed nisi tacta tractataque sanari non possunt,

Liv. 28, 27:

ut seditionem attigit,

Tac. A. 1, 35:

familiae (Galbae) breviter attingam,

Suet. Galb. 3 al. —

To touch, i. e. to undertake, enter upon some course of action (esp. mental), to apply one's self to, be occupied with, engage in, to take in hand, manage:

quae isti rhetores ne primoribus quidem labris attigissent,

Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87; cf. id. Cael. 12; id. Arch. 8:

egomet, qui sero ac leviter Graecas litteras attigissem,

id. de Or. 1, 18, 82:

orationes,

id. Or. 13, 41:

poëticen,

Nep. Att. 18, 5; so Suet. Aug. 85:

liberales disciplinas omnes,

id. Ner. 52:

studia,

id. Gram. 9:

ut primum forum attigi, i. e. accessi, adii,

applied myself to public affairs, Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 3:

arma,

Liv. 3, 19:

militiam resque bellicas,

Suet. Calig. 43:

curam rei publicae,

id. Tib. 13:

ad Venerem seram,

Ov. A. A. 2, 701.—

(Acc. to I. B. 4.) To arrive somewhere:

quod ab illo attigisset nuntius,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 19 (cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 3: si a me tetigit nuntius).—

(Acc. to I. B. 5.) To come near to in quality, to be similar; or to belong to, appertain to, to concern, relate to:

quae nihil attingunt ad rem nec sunt usui,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 32:

haec quemque attigit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 20:

attingit animi naturam corporis similitudo,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 30; id. Fam. 13, 7, 4; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1:

quae non magis legis nomen attingunt, quam si latrones aliqua sanxerint,

id. Leg. 2, 5:

Segestana, Centuripina civitas, quae cum officiis, fide, vetustate, tum etiam cognatione populi Romani nomen attingunt,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 32:

(labor) non attingit deum,

id. N. D. 1, 9, 22:

primus ille (locus), qui in veri cognitione consistit, maxime naturam attingit humanam,

id. Off. 1, 6, 18; id. Tusc. 5, 33, 93; id. Fin. 5, 9.—

Si quid eam humanitus attigisset (for the usu. euphemism, accidisset), if any misfortune had happened to her, App. Mag. p. 337.

ap. Non. p. 75, 30 dub. (Rib. here reads attigas, Com. Rel. p. 98): custodite istunc, ne attigat, Pac., Trag. Rel. p. 105 Rib.

at-tingo (not adt-), tĭgi, tactum, 3, v. a. [tango] (ante-class. form attĭgo, ĕre, v. infra; attinge = attingam, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 26 Müll.; v. Müll. ad h. l.; concerning attigo, āre, v. fin.), to touch, come in contact with; constr. with the acc.; poet. with ad.

Lit.

In gen.: mento summam aquam, vet. poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10: vestem, Att. ap. Non. p. 75, 32:

Egone Argivum imperium attingam,

id. Trag. Rel. p. 166 Rib.:

suaviter (omnia) attingunt,

Lucr. 4, 623:

nec enim ullum hoc frigidius flumen attigi,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

prius quam aries murum attigisset,

Caes. B. G. 2, 32:

pedibus terram,

Nep. Eum. 5, 5:

quisquis (vas) attigerit,

Vulg. Lev. 15, 23:

nos nihil tuorum attigimus,

id. Gen. 26, 29:

(medicus) pulsum venarum attigit,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

se esse possessorem soli, quod primum Divus Augustus nascens attigisset,

Suet. Aug. 5 (cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 46: Tactaque nascenti corpus haberet humus, acc. to the practice of laying new-born children upon the ground; v. tollo).— Poet.: (Callisto) miles erat Phoebes, nec Maenalon attigit ( nor did there touch, set foot on) ulla Gratior hac Triviae, Ov. M. 2, 415:

usque ad caelum attingebat stans in terrā,

Vulg. Sap. 18, 16.—

With partic. access. ideas.

To touch by striking, to strike; rarely in a hostile manner, to attack, assault:

ne me attingas,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 106;

ne attigas me,

id. Truc. 2, 2, 21:

ne attigas puerum istac caussā,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 41 (quoted by Non. p. 75, 33):

Si tu illam attigeris secus quam dignumst liberam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 91.—Of lightning: ICTV. FVLMINIS. ARBORES. ATTACTAE. ARDVERINT., Fragm. Fratr. Arval. Inscr. Orell. 961; cf.

Fest. s. v. scribonianum, p. 333 Müll., and s. v. obstitum, p. 193: si Vestinus attingeretur, i. e. ei bellum indiceretur,

Liv. 8, 29; so Suet. Ner. 38.—

In mal. part., aliquam, to touch:

virginem,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 61; Cat. 67, 20.—

To touch in eating, to taste, crop:

nulla neque amnem Libavit quadrupes, nec graminis attigit herbam,

Verg. E. 5, 26.—

Of local relations, to come to a place, to approach, reach, arrive at (class.;

esp. freq. in the histt.): aedīs ne attigatis,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 37:

ut primum Asiam attigisti,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

cum primis navibus Britanniam attigit,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23:

Siciliam,

Nep. Dion, 5, 3:

Syriam ac legiones,

Tac. A. 2, 55:

saltuosos locos,

id. ib. 4, 45:

Urbem,

id. Or. 7 fin.:

In paucis diebus quam Capreus attigit etc.,

Suet. Tib. 60; id. Calig. 44; id. Vesp. 4 al.—

Transf., to touch, lie near, border upon, be contiguous to:

Theseus... Attigit injusti regis Gortynia tecta,

Cat. 64, 75:

Cappadociae regio, quae Ciliciam attingeret,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4; id. Pis. 16 fin.:

(stomachus) utrāque ex parte tonsillas attingens, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 54, 135:

eorum fines Nervii attingebant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 15:

ITEM. COLLEGIA. QVAE. ATTINGVNT. EIDEM. FORO,

Inscr. Orell. 3314:

attingere parietem,

Vulg. Ezech. 41, 6.—

Trop.

In gen., to touch, affect, reach:

nec desiderium nos attigit,

Lucr. 3, 922 ( adficit, Lachm.):

ante quam voluptas aut dolor attigerit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 16:

nimirum me alia quoque causa delectat, quae te non attingit,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

quo studio providit, ne qua me illius temporis invidia attingeret,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 10:

si qua de Pompeio nostro tuendo... cura te attingit,

id. Att. 9, 11, A:

erant perpauci, quos ea infamia attingeret, Liv 27, 11, 6: cupidus attingere gaudia,

to feel, Prop. 1, 19, 9:

vox, sonus, attigit aures,

Val. Fl. 2, 452; Claud. B. Get: 412; Manil. 1, 326.—

Esp.

To touch upon in speaking, etc., to mention slightly:

paucis rem,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 11:

summatim attingere,

Lucr. 3, 261:

ut meos quoque attingam,

Cat. 39, 13:

quod perquam breviter perstrinxi atque attigi,

Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201; id. Fam. 2, 4 fin.:

si tantummodo summas attigero,

Nep. Pelop. 1, 1:

invitus ea, tamquam vulnera, attingo, sed nisi tacta tractataque sanari non possunt,

Liv. 28, 27:

ut seditionem attigit,

Tac. A. 1, 35:

familiae (Galbae) breviter attingam,

Suet. Galb. 3 al. —

To touch, i. e. to undertake, enter upon some course of action (esp. mental), to apply one's self to, be occupied with, engage in, to take in hand, manage:

quae isti rhetores ne primoribus quidem labris attigissent,

Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87; cf. id. Cael. 12; id. Arch. 8:

egomet, qui sero ac leviter Graecas litteras attigissem,

id. de Or. 1, 18, 82:

orationes,

id. Or. 13, 41:

poëticen,

Nep. Att. 18, 5; so Suet. Aug. 85:

liberales disciplinas omnes,

id. Ner. 52:

studia,

id. Gram. 9:

ut primum forum attigi, i. e. accessi, adii,

applied myself to public affairs, Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 3:

arma,

Liv. 3, 19:

militiam resque bellicas,

Suet. Calig. 43:

curam rei publicae,

id. Tib. 13:

ad Venerem seram,

Ov. A. A. 2, 701.—

(Acc. to I. B. 4.) To arrive somewhere:

quod ab illo attigisset nuntius,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 19 (cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 3: si a me tetigit nuntius).—

(Acc. to I. B. 5.) To come near to in quality, to be similar; or to belong to, appertain to, to concern, relate to:

quae nihil attingunt ad rem nec sunt usui,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 32:

haec quemque attigit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 20:

attingit animi naturam corporis similitudo,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 30; id. Fam. 13, 7, 4; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1:

quae non magis legis nomen attingunt, quam si latrones aliqua sanxerint,

id. Leg. 2, 5:

Segestana, Centuripina civitas, quae cum officiis, fide, vetustate, tum etiam cognatione populi Romani nomen attingunt,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 32:

(labor) non attingit deum,

id. N. D. 1, 9, 22:

primus ille (locus), qui in veri cognitione consistit, maxime naturam attingit humanam,

id. Off. 1, 6, 18; id. Tusc. 5, 33, 93; id. Fin. 5, 9.—

Si quid eam humanitus attigisset (for the usu. euphemism, accidisset), if any misfortune had happened to her, App. Mag. p. 337.

ap. Non. p. 75, 30 dub. (Rib. here reads attigas, Com. Rel. p. 98): custodite istunc, ne attigat, Pac., Trag. Rel. p. 105 Rib.

cesso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [1. cedo]; lit., to stand back very much; hence, to be remiss in any thing, to delay, loiter, or, in gen., to cease from, stop, give over (indicating a blamable remissness; while desinere, intermittere, requiescere do not include that idea: cessat desidiosus, requiescit fessus, Don. ad Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 15. Diff. from cunctari in this, that the latter designates inaction arising from want of resolution, but cessare that which is the result of slothfulness; cf. Doed. Syn. 3, p. 300 sq.;

class. in prose and poetry): paulum si cessassem,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5; 4, 6, 16; id. Ad. 4, 2, 49:

si tabellarii non cessarint,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 7, 15:

in suo studio atque opere,

id. Sen. 5, 13:

ne quis in eo, quod me viderit facientem, cesset,

Liv. 35, 35, 16; cf. id. 35, 18, 8:

ab apparatu operum ac munitionum nihil cessatum,

id. 21, 8, 1; 34, 16, 3; 31, 12, 2; Tac. A. 3, 28:

quidquid apud durae cessatum est moenia Trojae,

whatever delay there was, Verg. A. 11, 288:

audaciā,

to be deficient in spirit, Liv. 1, 46, 6; cf.:

nullo umquam officio,

id. 42, 6, 8:

ad arma cessantes Concitet,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 15 et saep.—So in admonitions:

quid cessas?

Ter. And. 5, 6, 15; Tib. 2, 2, 10:

quid cessatis?

Curt. 4, 16, 5:

quor cessas?

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 69; cf.: cessas in vota precesque ( poet. for cessas facere vota), Tros, ait, Aenea? cessas? Verg. A. 6, 51 sq.; Tib. 3, 6, 57.— With dat. incommodi: it dies;

ego mihi cesso,

i. e. to my own injury, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 12 Lorenz ad loc.; id. Ep. 3, 2, 8:

sed ego nunc mihi cesso, qui non umerum hunc onero pallio,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 4.—

With inf.:

ego hinc migrare cesso,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 6 sq.:

numquid principio cessavit verbum docte dicere?

id. Pers. 4, 4, 3; so,

alloqui,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 6; 5, 2, 4:

adoriri,

id. Heaut. 4, 5, 9:

pultare ostium,

id. ib. 3, 1, 1; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 30:

introrumpere,

id. Eun. 5, 5, 26:

detrahere de nobis,

Cic. Att. 11, 11, 2:

mori,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 58 et saep.—

In gen.

To be inactive, idle, at leisure, to do nothing:

cur tam multos deos nihil agere et cessare patitur? cur non rebus humanis aliquos otiosos deos praeficit?

Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 93; cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 22; id. Off. 3, 1, 1: nisi forte ego vobis cessare nunc videor;

cum bella non gero,

id. de Sen. 6, 18:

et si quid cessare potes, requiesce sub umbrā,

Verg. E. 7, 10:

cessabimus una,

Prop. 3 (4), 23, 15; Ov. M. 4, 37:

cur alter fratrum cessare et ludere et ungi praeferat, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 183 (cessare otiari et jucunde vivere, Schol. Crucq.); so id. ib. 1, 7, 57:

per hibernorum tempus,

Liv. 36, 5, 1:

cessatum usque adhuc est: nunc porro expergiscere,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 23:

cessatum ducere curam,

put to rest, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 31:

non timido, non ignavo cessare tum licuit,

Curt. 3, 11, 5.—

Of things, to be at rest, to rest, be still, inactive, unemployed, or unused, etc.:

si cessare putas rerum primordia posse, Cessandoque novos rerum progignere motus,

Lucr. 2, 80 sq.:

quid ita cessarunt pedes?

Phaedr. 1, 9, 5:

et grave suspenso vomere cesset opus,

Tib. 2, 1, 6; Ov. F. 6, 348:

Achilles cessare in Teucros pertulit arma sua,

Prop. 2, 8, 30:

cur Berecyntiae Cessant flamina tibiae,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 19:

cessat voluntas?

id. ib. 1, 27, 13:

cessat ira deae,

Liv. 29, 18, 10:

solas sine ture relictas Praeteritae cessasse ferunt Letoïdos aras,

i. e. remained unsought, unapproached, Ov. M. 8, 278; cf.:

at nunc desertis cessant sacraria lucis,

Prop. 3 (4), 13, 47; and:

cessaturae casae,

Ov. F. 4, 804:

cessans honor,

a vacant office, Suet. Caes. 76.—

Of land, to lie uncultivated, fallow (cf. cessatio):

alternis idem tonsas cessare novales,

Verg. G. 1, 71; Plin. 18, 23, 52, § 191; cf. Suet. Aug. 42.— Pass.:

cessata arva,

Ov. F. 4, 617.— Trop., of a barren woman, Paul. Nol. Carm. 6, 48.—

Sometimes cessare alicui rei, like vacare alicui rei, to have leisure for something, i.e. to attend to, apply one ' s self to:

amori,

Prop. 1, 6, 21.—

Rarely (prob. not ante-Aug.), not to be at hand or present, to be wanting:

cessat voluntas? non aliā bibam Mercede,

Hor. C. 1, 27, 13:

augendum addendumque quod cessat,

Quint. 2, 8, 10.—Hence,

Judic. t. t.

Of persons, not to appear before a tribunal, to make default:

culpāne quis an aliquā necessitate cessasset,

Suet. Claud. 15 (where, [p. 323] just before, absentibus; cf.

absum, 8.): quoties delator adesse jussus cessat,

Dig. 49, 14, 2, § 4; so ib. 47, 10, 17, § 20.—

Of things (a process, verdict), to be invalid, null, void:

cessat injuriarum actio,

Dig. 47, 10, 17, § 1:

revocatio,

ib. 42, 8, 10, § 1:

edictum,

ib. 39, 1, 1:

senatus consultum,

ib. 14, 6, 12 et saep.—

Also rare, in a moral view, to depart from a right way, i.e. to mistake, err:

ut scriptor si peccat... Sic qui multum cessat,

Hor. A. P. 357:

oratoris perfecti illius, ex nullā parte cessantis,

Quint. 1, 10, 4.

con-trecto ( contracto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [tracto], to touch, handle, come in contact with, feel (class.; most freq. after the Aug. per.).

Lit.

In gen.:

nudum corpus aquaï,

Lucr. 6, 854:

pectora,

Ov. M. 8, 607:

omnes partes corporis inspectare et contrectare,

Sen. Contr. 1, 2; cf.:

membra mortuae,

Suet. Ner. 34:

obscena,

Sen. Const. 13, 2:

filium Demaeneti,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 17: librum manibus, * Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 11:

vulnus,

to meddle with, Ov. P. 2, 2, 60:

pocula vel cibos,

Col. 12, 4, 3:

pecuniam,

Suet. Calig. 42; cf.: pecunias vetitas, Cod. Th. 9, 23, 1, § 2.—

In partic.

To touch in examining, to search:

ne feminae praetextatique pueri et puellae contrectarentur,

Suet. Claud. 35.—

To touch carnally, to have illicit intercourse with, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 32; id. Mil. 4, 2, 61:

multorum uxores,

Suet. Dom. 1; Just. 7, 3, 4.—

Transf.:

contrectata filiarum pudicitia,

violated, dishonored, Tac. A. 14, 35.—

In the Lat. of the jurists, to appropriate: rem alienam, Gai Inst. 3, 195; Dig. 13, 1, 20.—

Esp.:

aliquid,

to take by stealth, to steal, purloin, Dig. 41, 2, 3; 25, 2, 3 al.—

Trop., to contemplate, look at, consider, dwell upon:

nudare corpus et contrectandum vulgi oculis permittere,

Tac. A. 3, 12:

mente varias voluptates,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 33; cf. id. de Or. 3, 6, 24:

studia et disciplinas philosophiae,

to apply one's self to, Gell. 17, 19, 3.