to be entangled in

* * *

irreto

ensnared, entrapped, entangled.

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

To sow or plant with something (class.).

Lit.:

agros,

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

ager diligenter consitus,

Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

ager arbustis consitus,

Sall. J. 53, 1; and:

consitus an incultus (locus),

Quint. 5, 10, 37:

Ismara Baccho (i. e. vino),

Verg. G. 2, 38:

vineam malleolo,

Col. 5, 5, 6:

arva frumento,

Curt. 7, 4, 26.— Absol.:

in alieno fundo,

Dig. 6, 1, 38:

in alienum fundum,

ib. 41, 1, 9.—

Transf.:

arva mūliebria (Venus),

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

Transf., of columns, to plant, set:

aera (rostra) columnis consita,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 49.—

Trop.:

(sol) lumine conserit arva,

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

To sow, plant:

olivetum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 24:

hoc genus oleae,

Cato, R. R. 6, 1:

arborem,

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

zizyphum,

Pall. Apr. 4:

palmas,

id. Oct. 12:

(vitem) Narbonicam,

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

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

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

In gen.

Lit.

With acc. with or without abl.:

lorica conserta hamis auroque,

Verg. A. 3, 467; cf.:

tegumen spinis,

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

vincula, quīs conserta erant vehicula,

Curt. 9, 1, 17; cf.:

conserta navigia,

entangled, id. 4, 3, 18:

scutis super capita consertis,

overlapping, id. 5, 3, 23:

rudis arbor conseritur (for navigating),

Luc. 3, 512; cf. id. 4, 136.—

With acc. and dat.:

alium (truncum) alii quasi nexu conserunt,

Curt. 6, 5, 15.—

Trop.:

quid juvat nocti conseruisse diem?

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 10:

exodia conserta fabellis Atellanis,

Liv. 7, 2, 11;

v. exodium: virtutes consertae et inter se cohaerentes,

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

sermonem,

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

In partic.

To join, connect, unite together:

teneros sinus,

Tib. 1, 8, 36:

femur femori,

id. 1, 8, 26; cf.:

latus lateri,

Ov. H. 2, 58.—

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

signa contulit, manum conseruit, magnas copias hostium fudit,

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

manum cum hoste,

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

manus inter se,

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

manus cum imparibus,

Liv. 6, 12, 8:

cum hoste manus,

id. 21, 39, 3:

consertis deinde manibus,

id. 1, 25, 5:

dextras,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 60:

pugnam,

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

pugnam inter se,

Liv. 32, 10, 8:

pugnam seni,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 43:

proelia,

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

certamen,

Liv. 35, 4, 2:

bella,

Val. Fl. 3, 31:

bella bellis,

Luc. 2, 442:

acies,

Sil. 1, 339; cf.:

conserta acies,

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

navis conseritur,

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

duo acerrimā pugnā conserti exercitus,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 1.—Rarely absol.:

levis armatura ab lateribus cum levi armaturā,

Liv. 44, 4, 6.—

Trop.:

haud ignotas belli artes inter se conserebant,

Liv. 21, 1, 2.—

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

omnia necesse est conligatione naturali conserte contexteque fieri,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32.

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

To sow or plant with something (class.).

Lit.:

agros,

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

ager diligenter consitus,

Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

ager arbustis consitus,

Sall. J. 53, 1; and:

consitus an incultus (locus),

Quint. 5, 10, 37:

Ismara Baccho (i. e. vino),

Verg. G. 2, 38:

vineam malleolo,

Col. 5, 5, 6:

arva frumento,

Curt. 7, 4, 26.— Absol.:

in alieno fundo,

Dig. 6, 1, 38:

in alienum fundum,

ib. 41, 1, 9.—

Transf.:

arva mūliebria (Venus),

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

Transf., of columns, to plant, set:

aera (rostra) columnis consita,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 49.—

Trop.:

(sol) lumine conserit arva,

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

To sow, plant:

olivetum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 24:

hoc genus oleae,

Cato, R. R. 6, 1:

arborem,

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

zizyphum,

Pall. Apr. 4:

palmas,

id. Oct. 12:

(vitem) Narbonicam,

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

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

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

In gen.

Lit.

With acc. with or without abl.:

lorica conserta hamis auroque,

Verg. A. 3, 467; cf.:

tegumen spinis,

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

vincula, quīs conserta erant vehicula,

Curt. 9, 1, 17; cf.:

conserta navigia,

entangled, id. 4, 3, 18:

scutis super capita consertis,

overlapping, id. 5, 3, 23:

rudis arbor conseritur (for navigating),

Luc. 3, 512; cf. id. 4, 136.—

With acc. and dat.:

alium (truncum) alii quasi nexu conserunt,

Curt. 6, 5, 15.—

Trop.:

quid juvat nocti conseruisse diem?

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 10:

exodia conserta fabellis Atellanis,

Liv. 7, 2, 11;

v. exodium: virtutes consertae et inter se cohaerentes,

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

sermonem,

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

In partic.

To join, connect, unite together:

teneros sinus,

Tib. 1, 8, 36:

femur femori,

id. 1, 8, 26; cf.:

latus lateri,

Ov. H. 2, 58.—

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

signa contulit, manum conseruit, magnas copias hostium fudit,

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

manum cum hoste,

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

manus inter se,

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

manus cum imparibus,

Liv. 6, 12, 8:

cum hoste manus,

id. 21, 39, 3:

consertis deinde manibus,

id. 1, 25, 5:

dextras,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 60:

pugnam,

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

pugnam inter se,

Liv. 32, 10, 8:

pugnam seni,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 43:

proelia,

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

certamen,

Liv. 35, 4, 2:

bella,

Val. Fl. 3, 31:

bella bellis,

Luc. 2, 442:

acies,

Sil. 1, 339; cf.:

conserta acies,

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

navis conseritur,

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

duo acerrimā pugnā conserti exercitus,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 1.—Rarely absol.:

levis armatura ab lateribus cum levi armaturā,

Liv. 44, 4, 6.—

Trop.:

haud ignotas belli artes inter se conserebant,

Liv. 21, 1, 2.—

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

omnia necesse est conligatione naturali conserte contexteque fieri,

Cic. Fat. 14, 32.

ex-pĕdĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (archaic fut. expedibo, Enn., Pac., Att., and Pompon. ap. Non. 505, 15 sq.; 477, 2; Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 36), v. a. [pes], orig., to free the feet, i. e. from a snare; hence, in gen., to extricate, disengage, let loose, set free, liberate any thing entangled, involved (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; syn.: extrico, enodo, enucleo, explico, expono, interpretor, etc.).

Lit.:

videte, in quot se laqueos induerit, quorum ex nullo se umquam expediet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102; cf. id. ib. 43, §

106: mortis laqueis caput,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 8; cf.

also: vix illigatum te triformi Pegasus expediet Chimaera,

id. ib. 1, 27, 24:

flammam inter et hostes Expedior,

make my way through, Verg. A. 2, 633:

errantem nemori,

Ov. F. 4, 669 et saep.—With inanim. and abstr. objects:

aditus expediunt,

open a passage, Caes. B. G. 7, 86 fin.:

sibi locum,

id. B. C. 2, 9, 6:

iter fugae per invias rupes,

Liv. 38, 2, 14:

agrum saxosum lectione lapidum,

Col. 2, 2, 12: capillus pectine quotidie expediendus est, disentangled, Fronto de Eloqu. init. —

Transf.

In gen., to fetch out, bring forward, procure, make ready, prepare any thing folded up, put away, etc.: funes expediunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 297, 1:

vela,

Ov. H. 17, 200:

hominem nudari et virgas expediri jubet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161:

cererem canistris,

Verg. A. 1, 702:

convivia mediis tectis (famulae),

Val. Fl. 2, 341; cf.:

cibaria pastoribus,

to provide, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6:

merces suas (institor),

Ov. A. A. 1, 422: pecuniam, to procure, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 298, 22; Suet. Caes. 4:

arma,

to hold in readiness, Caes. B. G. 7, 18 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 79; Verg. A. 4, 592:

tela equosque,

Liv. 38, 25, 14:

ferrum,

id. 24, 26, 10:

naves,

Caes. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:

vineas in occulto,

id. B. G 7, 27, 2:

copias,

Tac. A. 13, 7:

se celeriter (Galli equites),

Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 4:

se,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52; Liv. 38, 21, 2; cf.

mid.: exercitum expediri ad bellum jubet,

Tac. H. 2, 99. —

to send away, despatch ( poet.):

me ex suis locis pulcre ornatum expedivit,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 3: saepe disco, Saepe trans finem jaculo nobilis expedito, despatched, i. e. hurled, Hor. C. 1, 8, 12.—

Absol., for expedire se, to arm one's self for battle (only in Tac.), Tac. H. 1, 10:

multos secum expedire jubet,

id. ib. 1, 88; 2, 99.

Trop., to bring out, extricate, release, free from any evil, obstacle, etc.:

impeditum animum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

sapientis est, cum stultitiā suā impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit, se expedire,

Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

haererem, nisi tu me expedisses,

id. Pis. 30, 74:

ex servitute filium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 94; cf.:

se ex turba,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 5:

se ab omni occupatione,

Cic. Att. 3, 20, 2:

aliquem omni molestiā,

id. ib. 2, 25, 2; so,

se aerumnis,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 8:

se crimine,

id. ib. 5, 1, 28:

se cura,

id. Phorm. 5, 4, 4:

civitatem malis obsidionalibus,

Amm. 16, 4, 3: amor Lycisci me tenet, Unde expedire non queant amicorum consilia, Hor. Epod. 11, 25: curae sagaces Expediunt (Claudiae manus) per acuta belli, bring or help through, id. C. 4, 4, 76; cf.:

per quot discrimina rerum Expedior?

escape, Val. Fl. 1, 217:

me multa impediverunt quae ne nunc quidem expedita sunt,

Cic. Fam. 14, 19:

si vita nostra in aliquas insidias incidisset, omnis honesta ratio esset expediendae salutis,

of obtaining safety, id. Mil. 4, 10.—

Transf.

To put in order, arrange, set right:

cum Antonio loquare velim, et rem, ut poteris, expedias,

Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2:

expedire et conficere res,

id. Brut. 42, 154:

rem frumentariam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 1; id. B. C. 1, 54 fin.:

negotia (with explicare),

Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 1:

nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve,

settle, pay, id. Att. 16, 6, 3:

nomen,

id. ib. 13, 29, 3:

Faberianum,

id. ib. 12, 29, 2; cf. in a pun respecting a scholar unable to pay his debts: omnes solvere posse quaestiones, Unum difficile expedire nomen, Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11:

quemadmodum expediam exitum hujus institutae orationis, non reperio,

settle, arrange, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2; cf.:

expediri quae restant vix poterunt. si hoc relinqueris,

id. Rep. 1, 35, 55:

consilia sua,

Tac. H. 3, 73:

docte hanc fallaciam,

put into operation, Plaut. Capt. prol. 40.—

Of speech, to disclose, unfold, explain, relate, narrate (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

not in Cic., Cæs., or Quint.): qui tu misera's? mi expedi,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 50 (639 Ritschl): id ego aequum ac jus fecisse expedibo atque eloquar, will show, Enn. ap. Non. 505, 19;

Pac., Att.,

Pompon. ib. 15 sq.:

agedum, hoc mihi expedi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27:

altius omnem Expediam prima repetens ab origine famam,

Verg. G. 4, 286:

pauca tibi e multis... expediam dictis,

id. A. 3, 379:

priusquam hujuscemodi rei initium expedio,

Sall. J. 5, 2:

nunc originem, mores, et quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit, expediam,

Tac. A. 4, 1:

me non tantum praevisa, sed subita expedire docuisti,

id. ib. 14, 55:

ea de caede quam verissime expediam,

id. H. 4, 48:

promptius expediam quot, etc.,

i. e. it will take me a shorter time to recount, Juv. 10, 220.—

Reflex. of events, to develop, run their course, proceed:

amoris arteis eloquar quem ad modum se expediant,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 10; cf.:

ut res vostrorum omnium bene expedire voltis,

to make favorable progress, id. Am. prol. 5 (Lorenz ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 36; but Ussing reads me expedire, benefit me).—

Absol., res expedit, or impers., expedit (alicui—lit., it helps out, furthers, promotes; hence), it is serviceable, profitable, advantageous, useful, expedient (class.):

nequiter paene expedivit prima parasitatio,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 23:

non igitur faciat, dixerit quis, quod utile sit, quod expediat? Immo intelligat, nihil nec expedire nec utile esse, quod sit injustum,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76; cf.:

quid intersit sua, quid expediat,

id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

ex utilitatis varietatibus, cum aliis aliud expediat, nasci discordias,

id. Rep. 1, 32; cf.:

ut non idem expediret, incidere saepe,

id. Lael. 10, 33:

quidquam Caesari ad diuturnitatem victoriae et dominationis,

id. Att. 7, 22, 1:

non idem ipsis expedire et multitudini,

Nep. Milt. 3, 5 al. —With an inf. clause as subject:

expedit bonas esse vobis,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 8; cf.:

omnibus bonis expedit salvam esse rem publicam,

Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 16:

cui (reo) damnari expediret,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3 fin.:

cum eam (pecuniam) in praediis collocari maxime expediret,

id. Caecin. 6, 16:

ubi vinci necesse est, expedit cedere,

Quint. 6, 4, 16; Hor. C. 2, 8, 9 et saep.—With subj. clause as subject after ut or ne (post-class.):

expedire omnibus dicunt, ut singulae civitates suas leges habeant,

Just. 34, 1, 7 Benecke ad loc.:

expedit rei publicae, ne sua re quis male utatur,

Just. Inst. 1, 8, 2:

neque expedire ut ambitione aliena trahatur,

Tac. A. 3, 69.— Absol.:

tu si ita expedit, velim quamprimum conscendas,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

sic magis expedit,

Quint. 4, 2, 67:

ut expediat causae,

id. 7, 3, 18.—Hence, ex-pĕdītus, a, um, P. a., unimpeded, unincumbered, disengaged, free, easy, ready, at hand.

Of persons:

cum ceteris quae habebat vadimonia differt, ut expeditus in Galliam proficisci posset,

Cic. Quint. 6, 23: incrmos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, i. e. without baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

eo circiter hominum numero XVI. milia expedita cum omni equitatu Ariovistus misit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49, 3:

legiones expeditae,

id. B. C. 1, 42, 1;

so of soldiers without baggage,

id. ib. 2, 19, 2; 6, 25, 1; 1, 27 fin. et saep.—As subst.: expĕdī-tus, i, m., a soldier lightly burdened, a swiftly marching soldier:

latitudo (silvae) novem dierum iter expedito patet,

Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 1:

obviam fit ei Clodius expeditus in equo,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28; cf.

Sagana,

tucked up, Hor. Epod. 5, 25:

expedito nobis homine et parato opus est,

ready, at hand, prompt, Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 26; cf.:

expeditus ad caedem,

id. Agr. 2, 30, 82:

ad pronuntiandum,

id. de Or. 2, 30, 131; cf.:

facilis et expeditus ad dicendum,

id. Brut. 48 fin. —

Of inanim. or abstr. things, convenient, at hand:

iis expedito loco actuaria navigia relinquit,

commodious, Caes. B. C. 1, 27; cf.:

via expeditior ad honores,

Cic. Fl. 41, 104:

reditum in caelum patere optimo et justissimo cuique expeditissimum,

id. Lael. 4, 13:

pecunia expeditissima quae erat, tibi decreta est,

the readiest, the nearest at hand, id. Fam. 11, 24, 2; cf.

rationes,

id. ib. 10, 25, 2:

cena (with parca),

Plin. Ep. 3, 12, 1:

expeditissimum unguentorum,

Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 8:

probabili expedito, soluto, libero, nullā re implicato,

Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105:

expedita erat et perfacile currens oratio,

id. Brut. 63, 227; cf.:

expedita ac profluens dicendi celeritas,

id. ib. 61, 220:

inops ad ornandum, sed ad inveniendum expedita Hermagorae disciplina,

id. ib. 76, 263:

prope jam expeditam Caesaris victoriam interpellaverunt,

achieved, Caes. B. C. 3, 70 fin. —

In the neutr. absol.: in expedito esse, habere, etc., to be or have in readiness or at hand:

quaedam sunt quidem in animo, sed parum prompta: quae incipiunt in expedito esse, quum dicta sunt,

Sen. Ep. 94 med.; cf.:

promptum hoc et in expedito positum,

Quint. 10, 7, 24:

in expedito haberent integras copias ad opem ferendam,

ready for action, Liv. 36, 16, 10.—Hence, adv.: ex-pĕdīte, without impediment, without difficulty, readily, promptly, quickly:

in iis rebus celeriter expediteque percipiendis, quae, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 12 fin.:

expedite explicans quod proposuerat,

id. Brut. 67, 237:

fabulatu's,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 63:

loqui,

Suet. Aug. 89.— Comp.:

non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius,

Cic. Inv 2, 23, 69:

navigare,

id. Att. 6, 8, 4:

fit putatio,

Col. Arb. 11, 1.— Sup.:

ex quo te, quocumque opus erit, facillime et expeditissime conferas,

Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 2.

impĕdīmentum ( inp-), i (archaic form ‡ impelimenta impedimenta dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 108 Müll.; cf. the letter D), n. [impedio], that by which one is entangled or impeded, a hinderance, impediment (freq. and class.; cf.: obstaculum, difficultas).

In gen.:

compeditos primo aegre ferre onera et impedimenta crurum,

Sen. Tranq. 10:

Demosthenes impedimenta naturae diligentia industriaque superavit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260:

moram atque impedimentum alicui inferre,

id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:

afferre,

Tac. A. 15, 9:

legitimum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 9, 24:

leve,

id. Rep. 1, 3:

impedimentum magis quam auxilium,

Liv. 9, 19, 5:

epistulam jam recepisse te colligo, nam festinanti tabellario dedi: nisi quid impedimenti in via passus est,

hinderance, delay, Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 6:

esse impedimenti loco,

Caes. B. C. 3, 17, 4:

ad dicendum impedimento esse,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149; so,

with ad,

Curt. 4, 2, 15; so,

impedimento esse,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 61; Ter. And. 4, 2, 24; Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; Quint. 5, 14, 35; 5, 10, 123; 7 praef. § 2 et saep.; cf.:

Gallis magno ad pugnam erat impedimento, quod, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3; Quint. 2, 5, 2:

quae dictatori religio impedimento ad rem gerendam fuerit,

Liv. 8, 32, 5.—

In partic., plur. impedimenta; concr., travelling equipage, luggage; and esp. in milit. lang., the baggage of an army (including the beasts of burden and their drivers; cf.

sarcinae): nullis impedimentis, nullis Graecis comitibus (opp. magno et impedito comitatu),

Cic. Mil. 10, 28:

ad impedimenta et carros suos se contulerunt... Ad multam noctem etiam ad impedimenta pugnatum est... impedimentis castrisque nostri potiti sunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

impedimenta in unum locum contulerunt,

id. ib. 1, 24 fin.:

impedimentis direptis, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 17, 2;

2, 24, 3 et saep.: prima luce magnum numerum impedimentorum ex castris mulorumque produci eque iis stramenta detrahi jubet,

pack-horses, id. ib. 7, 45, 2:

interfectis omnibus impedimentis ad pugnam descendit,

Front. Strat. 2, 1; Veg. Mil. 3, 6.

implecto ( inpl-), xi, xum, 3, v. a. [in-plecto], to plait, wind, or twist into, to wind or twist among, to interweave, interlace, entwine ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; usually in the part. perf.).

Lit.:

multae hirudines dentibus (crocodili) implectuntur,

App. Mag. p. 278:

inplexis ita principiis,

Lucr. 3, 33:

dracones quaternos quinosque inter se cratium modo implexos,

Plin. 8, 13, 13, § 35:

capillus horrore implexus atque impeditus,

App. Mag. p. 276; cf.

in a Greek construction, caeruleos implexae crinibus angues Eumenides,

Verg. G. 4, 482:

manibus implexis,

Sen. Ben. 1, 3; cf. App. M. 3, p. 135.—

Trop.:

vidua implexa luctu continuo,

implicated, involved, entangled, Tac. A. 16, 10, v. Orell. ad h. l.

implĭco ( inpl-), āvi, ātum, or (twice in Cic., and freq. since the Aug. per.) ŭi, ĭtum (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 550 sq.), 1, v. a. [in-plico, to fold into; hence], to infold, involve, entangle, entwine, inwrap, envelop, encircle, embrace, clasp, grasp (freq. and class.; cf.: irretio, impedio).

Lit.:

involvulus in pampini folio se,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

ut tenax hedera huc et illuc Arborem implicat errans,

Cat. 61, 35; cf. id. ib. 107 sq.:

et nunc huc inde huc incertos implicat orbes,

Verg. A. 12, 743:

dextrae se parvus Iulus Implicuit,

id. ib. 2, 724; cf.:

implicuit materno bracchia collo,

Ov. M. 1, 762:

implicuitque suos circum mea colla lacertos,

id. Am. 2, 18, 9:

implicuitque comam laevā,

grasped, Verg. A. 2, 552:

sertis comas,

Tib. 3, 6, 64:

crinem auro,

Verg. A. 4, 148:

frondenti tempora ramo,

id. ib. 7, 136; cf. Ov. F. 5, 220: in parte inferiore hic implicabatur caput, Afran. ap. Non. 123, 16 (implicare positum pro ornare, Non.):

aquila implicuit pedes atque unguibus haesit,

Verg. A. 11, 752:

effusumque equitem super ipse (equus) secutus Implicat,

id. ib. 10, 894:

congressi in proelia totas Implicuere inter se acies,

id. ib. 11, 632:

implicare ac perturbare aciem,

Sall. J. 59, 3:

(lues) ossibus implicat ignem,

Verg. A. 7, 355.—In part. perf.:

quini erant ordines conjuncti inter se atque implicati,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 4:

Canidia brevibus implicata viperis Crines,

Hor. Epod. 5, 15:

folium implicatum,

Plin. 21, 17, 65, § 105:

intestinum implicatum,

id. 11, 4, 3, § 9:

impliciti laqueis,

Ov. A. A. 2, 580:

Cerberos implicitis angue minante comis,

id. H. 9, 94:

implicitamque sinu absstulit,

id. A. A. 1, 561:

impliciti Peleus rapit oscula nati,

held in his arms, Val. Fl. 1, 264.

Trop.

In gen., to entangle, implicate, involve, envelop, engage:

di immortales vim suam... tum terrae cavernis includunt, tum hominum naturis implicant,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

contrahendis negotiis implicari,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

alienis (rebus) nimis implicari molestum esse,

id. Lael. 13, 45:

implicari aliquo certo genere cursuque vivendi,

id. Off. 1, 32, 117:

implicari negotio,

id. Leg. 1, 3:

ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44; cf.: multis implicari erroribus, id. Tusc. 4, 27, 58:

bello,

Verg. A. 11, 109:

eum primo incertis implicantes responsis,

Liv. 27, 43, 3:

nisi forte implacabiles irae vestrae implicaverint animos vestros,

perplexed, confounded, id. 40, 46, 6:

paucitas in partitione servatur, si genera ipsa rerum ponuntur, neque permixte cum partibus implicantur,

are mingled, mixed up, Cic. Inv. 1, 22, 32: ut omnibus copiis conductis te implicet, ne ad me iter tibi expeditum sit, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, D, 1:

tanti errores implicant temporum, ut nec qui consules nec quid quoque anno actum sit digerere possis,

Liv. 2, 21, 4.—In part. perf.:

dum rei publicae quaedam procuratio multis officiis implicatum et constrictum tenebat,

Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11:

Deus nullis occupationibus est implicatus,

id. N. D. 1, 19, 51; cf.:

implicatus molestis negotiis et operosis,

id. ib. 1, 20, 52:

animos dederit suis angoribus et molestiis implicatos,

id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3:

Agrippina morbo corporis implicata,

Tac. A. 4, 53:

inconstantia tua cum levitate, tum etiam perjurio implicata,

Cic. Vatin. 1, 3; cf. id. Phil. 2, 32, 81:

intervalla, quibus implicata atque permixta oratio est,

id. Or. 56, 187:

(voluptas) penitus in omni sensu implicata insidet,

id. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

quae quatuor inter se colligata atque implicata,

id. Off. 1, 5, 15:

natura non tam propensus ad misericordiam quam implicatus ad severitatem videbatur,

id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85;

and in the form implicitus, esp. with morbo (in morbum): quies necessaria morbo implicitum exercitum tenuit,

Liv. 3, 2, 1; 7, 23, 2; 23, 40, 1:

ubi se quisque videbat Implicitum morbo,

Lucr. 6, 1232:

graviore morbo implicitus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 1; cf.:

implicitus in morbum,

Nep. Ages. 8, 6; Liv. 23, 34, 11:

implicitus suspicionibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 19; cf.:

implicitus terrore,

Luc. 3, 432:

litibus implicitus,

Hor. A. P. 424:

implicitam sinu abstulit,

Ov. A. A. 1, 562:

(vinum) jam sanos implicitos facit,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 87.—

In partic., to attach closely, connect intimately, to unite, join; in pass., to be intimately connected, associated, or related:

(homo) profectus a caritate domesticorum ac suorum serpat longius et se implicet primum civium, deinde mortalium omnium societate,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45:

omnes qui nostris familiaritatibus implicantur,

id. Balb. 27, 60:

(L. Gellius) ita diu vixit, ut multarum aetatum oratoribus implicaretur,

id. Brut. 47, 174:

quibus applicari expediet, non implicari,

Sen. Ep. 105, 5.— In part. perf.:

aliquos habere implicatos consuetudine et benevolentia,

Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 2:

implicatus amicitiis,

id. Att. 1, 19, 8:

familiaritate,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

implicati ultro et citro vel usu diuturno vel etiam officiis,

id. Lael. 22, 85. —Hence,

implĭcātus ( inpl-), a, um, P. a., entangled, perplexed, confused, intricate:

nec in Torquati sermone quicquam implicatum aut tortuosum fuit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 3:

reliquae (partes orationis) sunt magnae, implicatae, variae, graves, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 14, 52: vox rauca et implicata, Sen. Apocol. med. — Comp.:

implicatior ad loquendum,

Amm. 26, 6, 18. — Sup.:

obscurissima et implicatissima quaestio,

Gell. 6, 2, 15:

ista tortuosissima et implicatissima nodositas,

Aug. Conf. 2, 10 init. —

im-plĭcĭtē ( inpl-), adv., intricately (rare):

non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius,

Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69.

indŭo, ŭi, ūtum, ĕre, v. a. [cf. Gr. enduô], to put on an article of dress or ornament (class.).

Lit.:

Herculi tunicam,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 8, 20:

sibi torquem,

id. Fin. 2, 22, 73:

galeam,

Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

zmaragdos et sardonychas,

Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 85:

anulum,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38:

alicui insignia Bacchi,

Ov. M. 6, 598.— Pass., with a Gr. acc.:

Androgei galeam clipeique insigne decorum Induitur,

Verg. A. 2, 392:

et eamst (sc. vestem) indutus?

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 40: scalas, to place a ladder on one ' s shoulders by putting one ' s head between the rounds, Ov. M. 14, 650: se in aliquid, or with the dat., to fall into or upon, to be entangled in, be covered with, adorned with; with in and acc.:

se in laqueum,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 25:

cum venti se in nubem induerint,

Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44: cum se nux plurima silvis induet in florem, clothe or deck itself, Verg. G. 1, 188; cf.:

quos induerat Circe in vultus ac terga ferarum,

i. e. clothed with the forms of, id. A. 7, 20.—With abl.:

se vallis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73:

se hastis,

Liv. 44, 41, 9:

pomis se arbos induit,

decks itself with, Verg. G. 4, 143:

vites se induunt uvis,

Col. 4, 24, 12:

cinis induit urbes,

covers, envelops, Val. Fl. 4, 509:

Aegyptus... tantis segetibus induebantur,

Plin. Pan. 30:

num majore fructu vitis se induerit?

Anthol. Lat. 5, 69, 5 Burm.:

foliis sese induit arbor,

Ov. M. 7, 280.—

Trop., to put on, assume:

habes somnum imaginem mortis eamque quotidie induis,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

ponit enim personam amici, cum induit judicis,

assumes the part of a judge, id. Off. 3, 10, 43:

juvenis longe alius ingenio, quam cujus simulationem induerat,

Liv. 1, 56, 7:

sibi cognomen,

Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 73:

et illorum (mortuorum regum) sibi nomina quasi personas aliquas induerunt,

Lact. 2, 16, 3:

magnum animum,

Tac. A. 11, 7:

mores Persarum,

Curt. 6, 6:

munia ducis,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

falsos pavores,

id. H. 4, 38:

hostiles spiritus,

id. ib. 4, 57:

habitus ac voces dolentum,

id. A. 4, 12:

seditionem,

to engage in, id. ib. 2, 15:

societatem,

id. ib. 12, 13:

proditorem et hostem,

to assume the part of traitor and enemy, id. ib. 16, 28:

diversa,

to assume different opinions, take different sides, id. ib. 6, 33:

personis fictam orationem,

to attribute, Quint. 4, 1, 28:

et eloquentiam pueris induunt adhuc nascentibus,

impose upon, Petr. S. 4:

sua confessione induatur ac juguletur, necesse est,

entangle himself, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 166:

videte, in quot se laqueos induerit, quorum ex nullo se umquam expediet,

id. ib. 2, 2, 42, §

102: se in captiones,

id. Div. 2, 17, 41:

non se purgavit, sed indicavit atque induit,

id. Mur. 25, 51.

ĭn-expĕdītus, a, um, adj., not free.

Entangled, confused:

sicut pugna inexpeditior in angustiis, ita caedes atrocior fuit,

Liv. 24, 16, 3 (al. impeditior).—

Not ready, not quick at any thing (postclass.).

Of persons:

in rebus obeundis,

Arn. 7, 247.—

Of things, not easy, difficult:

inexpeditissimum est traducere,

Arn. 5, 182.