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  • 1 doceō

        doceō uī, ctus, ēre    [DIC-], to cause to know, make aware, teach, instruct, inform, show, prove, convince, tell: studiosos discendi: ut docui te, H.: omnia, T.: falces, quas captivi docuerant, facere, had shown (how to make), Cs.: Munus et officium, H.: populos urbemque, describes, V.: quod de lacu Albano docuisset, L.: te litteras: me hanc causam: pueros elementa, H.: Motūs doceri, H.: puerum Romam portare docendum Artīs, H.: Rullum tacere: asellum currere, H.: Socratem fidibus (sc. canere): alqm docendum curare armis, L.: resonare Amaryllida Silvas, V.: docemur domitas habere libidines: equi variare gyros docentur, Ta.: Graece loqui docendus: qui doceant, nihil factum, etc., Cs.: similem (errorum) cunctum insanire, H.: de his rebus doceri: senatum de caede fratris, S.: eum, qui vir Roscius fuerit: vos quem ad modum acta defenderet.—Poet.: docuit post exitus ingens, proved (the truth of the omen), V.—Of a play, to teach, rehearse, produce, exhibit: multas (fabulas): praetextas, H.— To be a teacher, give instruction: apud alqm: mercede.
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    docere, docui, doctus V
    teach, show, point out

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  • 2 perficiō

        perficiō fēcī, fectus, ere    [per+facio], to achieve, execute, carry out, accomplish, perform, despatch, bring about, bring to an end, finish, complete: comitiis perficiendis undecim dies tribuit, Cs.: iis comitiis perfectis, L.: scelus, perpetrate: nihil est simul et inventum et perfectum: centum annos, live through, H.: munus, execute, V.— To bring to completion, finish, perfect: candelabrum perfectum e gemmis clarissimis: in perficiendo muro adiuvare, L.— To make perfect, perfect: citharā Achillem, O.— To bring about, cause, effect: perfice hoc, ut haeream, etc., T.: perfice ut putem, convince me: eloquentia perfecit, ut, etc., N.: omnia perfecit, quae senatus salvā re p. ne fieri possent perfecerat: illud non perficies, quo minus, etc.
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    perficere, perfeci, perfectus V
    complete, finish; execute; bring about, accomplish; do thoroughly

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  • 3 per-suādeō

        per-suādeō suāsī, suāsus, ēre,    to convince, persuade: homo factus ad persuadendum: hoc persuadere, non interire animas, Cs.: velim tibi ita persuadeas, me, etc.: de paupertate: hoc tibi vere, H.: si scit et persuasus est, quid irascitur, Caec. ap. C.: quo (malo) viso atque persuaso, when one has seen it and been convinced of it: mihi persuaderi numquam potuit, animos... vivere, etc. —To prompt, induce, prevail upon, persuade: persuasit nox, amor, adulescentia, T.: huic praemiis persuadet, uti, etc., Cs.: huic Albinus persuadet, regnum ab senatu petat, S.: tibi Tellurem movere, V.: ei tyrannidis finem facere, N.: his persuaderi, ut... non poterat, Cs.: ea loca provinciae adiungere sibi persuasum habebant, Cs.: persuasus ille fecit, quod, etc., Ph.

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  • 4 vincō

        vincō vīcī, vīctus, ere    [1 VIC-].—In war, to conquer, overcome, get the better of, defeat, subdue, vanquish, be victorious: ut qui vicissent, iis quos vicissent imperarent, Cs.: navalibus pugnis Carthaginiensīs.—To prevail, succeed, overcome, win: iudicio: Fabio vel indice vincam, H.: factum est; vincimur, T.: Vicit iter durum pietas, made easy, V.: virgam, to win, V.: vicit tamen in Senatu pars illa, quae, etc., S.: cum in senatu vicisset sententia, quae, etc., L.: Othonem vincas volo, to outbid. —To overcome, overwhelm, prevail over: (naves) neu turbine venti Vincantur, V.: flammam gurgitibus, extinguish, O.: Vincunt aequora navitae, master, H.: Victaque concessit prisca moneta novae, O.: Blanda quies furtim victis obrepsit ocellis, O.: ubi aëra vincere summum Arboris... potuere sagittae, i. e. surmount, V.: viscera flammā, i. e. to cook, V.—To outlast, survive: (Aesculus) Multa virum volvens durando saecula vincit, V.: vivendo vici mea fata, V.—Fig., to prevail, be superior, convince, refute, constrain, overcome: naturam studio, Cs.: vincit ipsa rerum p. natura saepe rationem: vinci a voluptate: peccavi, fateor, vincor, T.: victus patris precibus lacrimisque, L.: est qui vinci possit, H.: Victus amore pudor, O.: victus animi respe<*>t, V.: Ergo negatum vincor ut credam, am constrained, H.: verbis ea vincere, i. e. to express worthily, V.—To overmatch, surpass, exceed, excel: terrae magnitudinem: morum inmanitate beluas: mulierculam mollitiā, H.: Scribere, quod Cassi opuscula vincat, H.—To prove triumphantly, show conclusively, demonstrate: si doceo non ab Habito, vinco ab Oppianico, prove (the fact): vici unam rem... vici alteram, I have established one point: vince deinde, bonum virum fuisse Oppianicum: Vincet enim stultos ratio insanire nepotes, H.: Nec vincet ratio hoc, tantumdem ut peccet idemque Qui, etc., H.—To prevail, gain the point, carry the day: cui si esse in urbe tuto licebit, vicimus: Vicimus et meus est, O.: vincite, si ita voltis, have your way, Cs.: viceris, enjoy your victory, T.
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    vincere, vici, victus V
    conquer, defeat, excel; outlast; succeed

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  • 5 convinco

    convincere, convici, convictus V TRANS
    conquer, establish; convince; overcome, demonstrate, prove clearly; grant; find guilty/against, convict; prove wrong, refute (person/statement); expose

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  • 6 persuadeo

    persuadere, persuasi, persuasus V
    persuade, convince (with dat.)

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  • 7 fides

    1.
    fĭdes, ĕi ( gen. sing. scanned fĭdēï, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1; Lucr. 5, 102.— Ante-class. and poet. form of the gen. fide, like die, facie, etc., Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 1; id. Poen. 4, 2, 68; Ov. M. 3, 341; 6, 506; 7, 728; 737; Hor. C. 3, 7, 4; cf. Prisc. p. 781 P.; Charis. p. 53 ib.; Ritschl, Proleg. p. 90.— Dat. fide, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 80; 91; 105; Enn. ap. Non. 112, 1, or Ann. v. 111 ed. Vahl.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 95), f. [fido], trust in a person or thing, faith, confidence, reliance, credence, belief (syn.: fidelitas, fiducia, confidentia).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    si sciat noster senex, fidem non esse huic habitam,

    that he has not been trusted, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 52; cf.:

    fides ut habeatur, duabus rebus effici potest... iis fidem habemus, quos plus intelligere quam nos arbitramur... bonis viris ita fides habetur, ut nulla sit in iis fraudis injuriaeque suspicio... prudentia sine justitia nihil valeat ad faciendam fidem, etc.,

    to give confidence, produce confidence, Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33; see in the foll.: neque pauci, neque leves sunt, qui se duo soles vidisse dicant;

    ut non tam fides non habenda, quam ratio quaerenda sit,

    to give credence, id. Rep. 1, 10; cf.:

    quod si insanorum visis fides non est habenda, quia falsa sunt, cur credatur somniantium visis, etc.,

    id. Div. 2, 59, 122:

    si ita posset defendere, tamen fides huic defensioni non haberetur,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 148:

    me miseram! forsitan hic mihi parvam habeat fidem,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 117; cf.:

    cum jam minor fabulis haberetur fides,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 10:

    (fidem) majorem tibi habui quam paene ipsi mihi,

    id. Fam. 5, 20, 2; cf. id. ib. 7, 18, 1:

    ex aliis ei maximam fidem habebat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4:

    cui maximam fidem suarum rerum habeat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; cf.:

    cui summam omnium rerum fidem habebat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 19, 3:

    fidem commenticiis rebus adjungere,

    Cic. Div. 2, 55, 113:

    testimonio fidem tribuere,

    id. Sull. 3, 10; cf.:

    Cratippus iisdem rebus fidem tribuit,

    id. Div. 1, 3, 5:

    et auctoritatem orationi affert et fidem,

    id. Or. 34, 120:

    si tota oratio nostra omnem sibi fidem sensibus confirmat,

    id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:

    constituere fidem,

    id. Part. Or. 9, 31: fidem facit oratio, awakens or produces belief, id. Brut. 50, 187; cf.:

    quoniam auribus vestris... minorem fidem faceret oratio mea,

    id. Cat. 3, 2, 4:

    aliquamdiu fides fieri non poterat,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37, 1;

    so with dare (rare): res ipsa fidem sermoni meo dabit,

    App. M. 4, p. 146, 25:

    Hercules cui ea res immortalitatis fidem dedit,

    assured of, Just. 24, 4, 4; Plin. Pan. 74, 3.—With object-clauses:

    fac fidem, te nihil nisi populi utilitatem et fructum quaerere,

    evince, show, Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 22: tibi fidem faciemus, nos ea suadere, quae, etc., will convince, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A. fin.:

    mihi fides apud hunc est, nihil me istius facturum,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 10; cf.:

    cum vix fides esset, rem ullo modo successuram,

    Suet. Vesp. 7:

    male fidem servando illis quoque abrogant fidem,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 41:

    quorum rebus gestis, fidem et auctoritatem in testimonio inimicitiarum suspicio derogavit,

    Cic. Font. 7, 13; cf.:

    alicui abrogare fidem juris jurandi,

    id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44; and:

    omnibus abrogatur fides,

    id. Ac. 2, 11, 36:

    quae res fidem abrogat orationi,

    Auct. Her. 1, 10, 17:

    imminuit et oratoris auctoritatem et orationis fidem,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 156:

    multa fidem promissa levant,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10: fidem addere, to give credence (opp. fidem demere):

    ex ingenio suo quisque demat vel addat fidem,

    Tac. G. 3 fin. —
    B.
    In partic., in mercant. lang., credit:

    cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior, neque creditae pecuniae solverentur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 1, 2; cf.:

    scimus, Romae solutione impedita fidem concidisse,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    fides de foro sublata erat,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    labefacta jam fide,

    credit being impaired, Suet. Vesp. 4:

    pecunia suā aut amicorum fide sumpta mutua,

    Sall. C. 24, 2:

    non contentus agrariis legibus fidem moliri coepit,

    Liv. 6, 11, 8; cf.:

    fidem abrogare,

    id. 6, 41, 11:

    fidemque remque, perdere,

    credit and means, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 36; cf.:

    res eos jampridem, fides deficere nuper coepit,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

    nisi fide staret res publica, opibus non staturam,

    Liv. 23, 48, 9 Drak.; freq.: res fidesque, for fame and fortune, property and credit, i. e. entire resources, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 18; id. Truc. 1, 1, 24; 38; id. Most. 1, 2, 64; Sall. J. 73, 6 Cort.—
    2.
    Beyond the mercant. sphere ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    segetis certa fides meae,

    i. e. return, yield, Hor. C. 3, 16, 30:

    at tibi... Persolvat nullā semina certa fide,

    Tib. 2, 3, 62:

    fallax fides unius anni,

    Plin. Pan. 32, 4:

    quia hanc ejus terrae fidem Menander eludit,

    Quint. 12, 10, 25.
    II.
    Transf., that which produces confidence or belief.
    A.
    The quality that produces confidence in a person, trustworthiness, faithfulness, conscientiousness, credibility, honesty; in things, credibility, truth, etc.
    1.
    In gen. (erroneously regarded by Cicero as the primary signif. of the word; wherefore he derived it from fio; v. the foll. passages):

    fundamentum justitiae est fides, id est dictorum conventorumque constantia et veritas. Ex quo, audeamus imitari Stoicos, credamusque, quia fiat, quod dictum est, appellatam fidem,

    Cic. Off. 1, 7, 23 Beier; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 24, 17 (Rep. 4, 7, p. 428 ed. Mos.); id. Fam. 16, 10 fin.:

    justitia creditis in rebus fides nominatur,

    id. Part. Or. 22, 78:

    meo periculo hujus ego experiar fidem,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 99; cf.:

    fides fidelitasque amicum erga,

    id. Trin. 5, 2, 2:

    homo antiqua virtute ac fide,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88; cf.:

    exemplum antiquae probitatis et fidei,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 5:

    esse summa probitate ac fide,

    id. ib. 3, 17:

    vir aequissimus, singulari fide,

    id. ib. 3, 17:

    quorum fides est laudata,

    id. ib. 2, 36:

    quibus facillime justitia et fides convalescit,

    id. ib. 2, 14:

    unde justitia, fides, aequitas?

    id. ib. 1, 2:

    cujus virtuti, fidei, felicitati (Gallia) commendata est,

    id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

    aequitas et fides,

    id. Rep. 1, 35; cf.:

    si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides,

    id. ib. 3, 18 fin.:

    quanta fide, quanta religione,

    id. Font. 6, 13:

    hinc fides, illinc fraudatio,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 25: ille vir haud magna cum re sed plenu' fidei, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 342 ed. Vahl.): ubi societas? ubi fides majorum? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: nulla sancta societas, nec fides regni est, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26 (Trag. v. 412 ed. Vahl.):

    mea eraga te fides et benevolentia,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 1:

    pro vetere ac perpetua erga populum Romanum fide,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4:

    in fide atque amicitia civitatis Aeduae,

    id. ib. 2, 14, 2:

    in fide manere,

    id. ib. 7, 4, 5; cf.:

    sincera fide in pace Ligures esse,

    Liv. 40, 34, 11:

    si tibi optima fide sua omnia concessit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

    praestare fidem,

    id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Top. 10, 42; id. Att. 16, 7, 2; id. Fam. 1, 7, 6:

    te oro per tuam fidem, ne, etc.,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 55: Eu. Dic bona fide: tu id aurum non surripuisti? Ly. Bona. Eu. Neque scis, quis abstulerit? Ly. Istuc quoque bona, Plaut. Mil. 4, 10, 42:

    de pace cum fide agere,

    Liv. 32, 33, 10:

    jussas cum fide poenas luam,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 37:

    haecne marita fides?

    Prop. 4 (5), 3, 11:

    Aeacidae dederat pacis pignusque fidemque,

    faithful bail, Ov. M. 12, 365:

    perjura patris fides,

    perjured faith, dishonesty, Hor. C. 3, 24, 59 et saep.—Prov.:

    fides ut anima, unde abiit, eo numquam redit,

    Pub. Syr. 181 (Rib.):

    fidem qui perdit, quo se servet relicuo,

    id. 166.—
    b.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    nam cum Gabinii levitas... omnem tabularum fidem resignasset, etc.,

    trustworthiness, credibility, Cic. Arch. 5, 9; cf.:

    nunc vero quam habere auctoritatem et quam fidem possunt (litterae)?

    id. Fl. 9, 21; and:

    visa, quae fidem nullam habebunt,

    id. Ac. 2, 18, 58 fin.; and:

    qui non speciem expositionis sed fidem quaerit,

    truth, Quint. 10, 1, 32:

    aliter oraculorum, aliter haruspicum fides confirmari aut refelli potest,

    id. 5, 7, 36:

    probationum,

    id. 4 praef. §

    6: liber spectatae fidei,

    Gell. 1, 7, 1:

    paulum distare ab eo (lapide) in unguentorum fide multi existimant Lygdinos, etc.,

    in faithful preservation, keeping in good condition, Plin. 36, 8, 13, § 62.—
    c.
    In poets several times, faithful, true fulfilment of a promise:

    dicta fides sequitur,

    Ov. M. 3, 527 (cf.:

    res dicta secuta est,

    id. ib. 4, 550):

    vota fides sequitur,

    id. ib. 8, 713:

    promissa exhibuere fidem,

    were fulfilled, id. ib. 7, 323; cf.:

    en haec promissa fides est?

    is this the fulfilment of the oracle? Verg. A. 6, 346.—
    2.
    In partic., in jurid. lang., bona fides, good faith, sincerity; hence, EX FIDE BONA or BONA FIDE, in good faith, sincerely, honestly, conscientiously:

    arbitrum illum adegit, QVICQVID SIBI DARE FACERE OPORTERET EX FIDE BONA,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66; cf.: quanti verba illa: VTI NE PROPTER TE FIDEMVE TVAM CAPTVS FRAVDATVSVE SIEM, etc.... Q. quidem Scaevola, pontifex maximus, summam vim esse dicebat in omnibus iis arbitriis, in quibus adderetur EX FIDE BONA;

    fideique bonae, nomen existimabat manare latissime, idque versari in tutelis societatibus, fiduciis mandatis, rebus emptis venditis, conductis locatis, etc.,

    id. ib. 3, 17, 70; id. Att. 6, 1, 15: praetor ait: QVI [p. 747] BONA FIDE EMIT, etc., Dig. 6, 2, 7, § 11 sq.; cf.:

    bonae fidei emptori subrepta re quam emerit,

    Just. Inst. 4, 1, 15:

    ubi lex inhibet usucapionem, bona fides possidenti nihil prodest,

    Dig. 41, 3, 24:

    tot judicia de fide mala, quae ex empto aut vendito aut conducto aut locato contra fidem fiunt, etc.,

    i. e. deception, dishonesty, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74:

    bonā fide = certissime,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 30; id. Aul. 4, 10, 42; id. Capt. 4, 2, 110; cf.:

    mala fide,

    Dig. 41, 2, 1, § 6.—
    B.
    An assurance that produces confidence, a promise, engagement, word, assurance, confirmation.
    1.
    In gen.:

    fide data, credamus,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 61: accipe daque fidem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.):

    atque etiam, si quid singuli temporibus adducti hosti promiserunt, est in eo ipso fides conservanda: ut primo Punico bello Regulus... ad supplicium redire maluit, quam fidem hosti datam fallere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 13, 39; cf. id. Fin. 2, 20, 65:

    fidem dare, violare, in fide non stare,

    id. Rab. Perd. 10, 28:

    Pompei fides, quam de me Caesari dederat,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 12:

    inter se fidem et jusjurandum dare,

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

    obligare fidem alicui,

    to plight one's faith, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; cf.:

    fidem reliquis interponere,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 6 fin.:

    fide mea spondeo, futurum ut, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10:

    diffidens, de numero dierum Caesarem fidem servaturum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 36, 1:

    si fidem mecum servas,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 48:

    tecum servavi fidem,

    id. Capt. 5, 1, 10; id. Merc. 3, 1, 33:

    fides juris jurandi cum hoste servanda,

    Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

    fidem erga imperatorem conservare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 84, 3:

    fidem erga populum Romanum servare,

    Liv. 24, 4, 5:

    servata erga Galbam,

    Tac. H. 1, 71:

    in regem suum servata,

    Curt. 6, 5, 2:

    ut fidem vobis praestaremus,

    Liv. 28, 39, 2; so,

    fidem alicui praestare,

    Curt. 6, 4, 9; Liv. 30, 15, 5; Sen. Ben. 5, 21, 1:

    non servata fides deditis est,

    Liv. 24, 1, 10; cf. Cic. de Sen. 20, 75; Sen. Ep. 71, 17:

    fidem suam liberare,

    to perform his promise, Cic. Fl. 20, 47; cf.:

    fidem alicujus liberare,

    id. Fam. 12, 7, 2: so,

    fidem exsolvere,

    Liv. 3, 19, 1; 22, 23, 8; 24, 16, 12; Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 6; Luc. 9, 98 al.:

    fidem frangere,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 16;

    for which violare, v. above,

    id. Rab. Perd. 10, 28:

    fidem amittere,

    Nep. Eum. 10:

    istius fide ac potius perfidiā decepti,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110: quantum mea fides studii mihi afferat, my plighted word (to defend the king), id. Deiot. 1, 1:

    contioni deinde edicto addidit fidem,

    confirmed, Liv. 2, 24, 6.—
    2.
    Pregn., a given promise of protection or security, a guaranty; hence, in gen., protection, guardian care:

    introduxi Vulturcium sine Gallis: fidem ei publicam jussu senatus dedi,

    promised him protection, security, in the name of the public, Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 8; cf.: Vulturcius interrogatus... primo fingere alia;

    post, ubi fide publica dicere jussus est, omnia uti gesta erant aperit,

    Sall. C. 47, 1:

    cum se diceret indicaturum de conjuratione, si fides publica data esset,

    id. ib. 48, 4:

    uti L. Cassius ad Jugurtham mitteretur, eumque interposita fide publica Romam duceret,

    id. J. 32, 1; cf.:

    privatim praeterea fidem suam interponit, quam ille non minoris quam publicam ducebat,

    id. ib. fin.:

    qui Romam fide publica venerat,

    id. ib. 35, 7; so,

    too, simply fides: Lusitani contra interpositam fidem interfecti,

    Cic. Brut. 23, 89:

    fide accepta ab legatis, vim abfuturam,

    Liv. 38, 33, 3:

    Thais patri se commendavit in clientelam et fidem,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 9; cf.:

    se in Chrysogoni fidem et clientelam contulerunt,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 106:

    quaere in cujus fide sint et clientela,

    id. ib. 33, 93:

    aliquid in fidem alicujus tradere,

    Liv. 38, 31, 2:

    frugi hominem, plenum religionis videtis positum in vestra fide ac potestate: atque ita, ut commissus sit fidei, permissus potestati,

    Cic. Font. 14, 30; cf.:

    se suaque omnia in fidem atque potestatem populi Romani permittere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 2:

    in alicujus fidem ac potestatem venire,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 2:

    in fide alicujus esse,

    Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf. id. Fam. 13, 65, 2:

    ea (jura) fidei suae commissa,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    civitas in Catonis fide locata,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

    recipere aliquid in fidem,

    id. ib. 15, 14, 3; cf.:

    aliquem in fidem necessitudinemque suam recipere,

    id. Fam. 13, 19, 2:

    recipere aliquem in fidem,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 15, 1; 4, 22, 3:

    hortatur, ut populi Romani fidem sequantur,

    id. ib. 4, 21, 8: jura fidemque supplicis erubuit (Achilles), the protection due to a suppliant, Verg. A. 2, 541:

    di, obsecro vostram fidem!

    your protection, assistance, help, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 11; id. Am. 5, 1, 78; id. Most. 1, 1, 74; 2, 2, 97; cf.:

    fidem vestram oro atque obsecro, judices,

    Cic. Mur. 40, 86:

    deum atque hominum fidem implorabis,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25;

    so in colloq. lang. frequently elliptic. as an exclamation: Di vostram fidem!

    by the protection of the gods! for heaven's sake! Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 58, id. Men. 5, 2, 119; id. Poen. 4, 78 al.; Ter. And. 4, 3, 1; 4, 4, 5; id. Eun. 3, 1, 28 al.; cf.:

    tuam fidem, Venus!

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 40:

    pro deum atque hominum fidem!

    id. ib. 5, 3, 16; id. Ep. 4, 2, 10; Ter. And. 1. 5, 2; 1, 5, 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9 al.; Sall. C. 20, 10 al.;

    for which: pro deorum atque hominum fidem!

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48;

    and in a different order: pro deorum fidem atque hominum,

    id. Lael. 15, 52;

    also simply pro deum fidem,

    Liv. 3, 67, 7 Drak. N. cr.; and:

    per fidem!

    Petr. 100, 5; Tac. Or. 35; App. M. 6, p. 175.—
    C.
    The faith, the Christian religion as a system of belief (eccl. Lat.):

    domicilium fidei,

    Lact. 4, 30 fin.; Vulg. Apoc. 14, 12 al.
    III.
    Fides, personified as a goddess:

    praeclare Ennius: O Fides alma, apta pinnis, et jus jurandum Jovis! Qui jus igitur jurandum violat, is Fidem violat,

    Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104 (Enn. Trag. v. 410 ed. Vahl.); cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 74 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; 2, 23, 61; 31, 79; id. Leg. 2, 8, 19; 11, 28; Plaut. Cas. prol. 2; id. Aul. 3, 6, 46; 50; 4, 2, 14; Verg. A. 1, 292; Hor. C. 1, 35, 21; 4, 5, 20; id. C. S. 57.
    2.
    fĭdes, ium, plur., or fides, is, sing., f. [= sphidê], a stringed instrument, lyre, lute, cithern.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    In plur. (only so in classic prose): Fides genus citharae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89, 16 Müll.:

    (hominis) omnis vultus omnesque voces, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut a motu animi quoque sunt pulsae,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216;

    so different from nervi,

    id. Div. 2, 14, 33; id. Leg. 2, 15, 39; id. Brut. 54, 199; id. Fin. 4, 27, 75 (v. Madv. ad h. l., p. 601 sq.):

    ut in fidibus aut tibiis, atque in cantu ipso ac vocibus concentus est quidam tenendus ex distinctis sonis, etc.,

    id. Rep. 2, 42; id. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. id. de Or. 3, 51, 197: Fi. Fides non reddis? Pe. Neque fides neque tibias, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 77;

    with tibiae,

    Quint. 1, 10, 14; 20; 11, 3, 59:

    Orpheus, Threïciā fretus citharā fidibusque canoris,

    Verg. A. 6, 120:

    fidibus cantare alicui,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 64:

    fidibus canere praeclare,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Div. 2, 59, 122:

    uti,

    id. Tusc. 5, 39, 113:

    dicere longum melos,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 4:

    placare deos,

    id. ib. 1, 36, 1:

    discere,

    Cic. de Sen. 8, 26:

    docere aliquem,

    id. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

    scire,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 53:

    vivunt commissi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 12:

    fidibusne Latinis Thebanos aptare modos studet,

    i. e. to imitate Pindaric odes in Latin poetry, id. Ep. 1, 3, 12.—
    (β).
    Sing. ( poet.):

    sume fidem et pharetram: fies manifestus Apollo,

    Ov. H. 15, 23; so,

    Teïa,

    Hor. C. 1, 17, 18:

    Cyllenea,

    id. Epod. 13, 9:

    quodsi blandius Orpheo moderere fidem,

    id. C. 1, 24, 14.—
    2.
    Prov.: vetus adagium est: Nihil cum fidibus graculo, i. e. ignoramuses have nothing to do with poetry, Gell. N. A. praef. § 19.—
    B.
    Esp., Fides, is, f., a constellation, i. q. Lyra, the Lyre:

    cedit clara Fides Cyllenia,

    Cic. Arat. 381; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12;

    in the form Fidis,

    Col. 11, 2, 14; 40; Sid. Carm. 16, 5.—
    * II.
    Transf., in sing., i. q. nervus, chorda, a string of a musical instrument:

    quae tuba quaeve lyra Flatibus incluta vel fidibus,

    Prud. Cath. 3, 81.

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  • 8 perficio

    per-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. [facio], to achieve, execute, carry out, accomplish, perform, despatch, bring to an end or conclusion, finish, complete (class.; syn.: absolvo, conficio, exsequor).
    I.
    Lit.:

    comitiis perficiendis undecim dies tribuit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 2:

    iis comitiis perfectis,

    Liv. 24, 43, 9:

    bellum,

    id. 22, 38, 7:

    aliquid absolvi et perfici,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35:

    multa,

    id. Or. 30, 105:

    scelus,

    to perpetrate, id. Clu. 68, 194:

    cogitata,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21:

    instituta,

    id. Div. 2, 5:

    poëma,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

    conata,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

    nihil est simul et inventum et perfectum,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 71:

    centum annos,

    to complete, live, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 39.—So of commissions, orders, to execute:

    munus,

    Verg. A. 6, 629; 6, 637; Cic. Fam. 6, 7:

    jussa,

    Val. Fl. 7, 61:

    mandata,

    Sil. 13, 343.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To bring to completion, finish, perfect (opp. inchoare):

    candelabrum perfectum e gemmis clarissimis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

    murum,

    Liv. 25, 11:

    loricam,

    Sil. 2, 403:

    aedem,

    Suet. Aug. 60:

    cibos ambulatione,

    to digest, Plin. 11, 53, 118, § 283:

    cucumeres,

    id. 19, 5, 23, § 65: coria, to dress or curry, id. 23, 1, 16, § 22:

    lanas,

    id. 35, 15, 52, § 190:

    minium,

    id. 33, 7, 40, § 118.—
    B.
    To make perfect, to perfect:

    aliquem citharā,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 11: expleta et perfecta forma honestatis, Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 48:

    artem,

    Suet. Ner. 41.—
    C.
    To bring about, to cause, effect; with ut, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 24; Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 127:

    perfice ut putem,

    convince me, id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15; id. Fam. 11, 27, 2:

    eloquentia perfecit, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Ep. 6, 4.—With ne and subj.:

    omnia perfecit, quae senatus salvā re publicā ne fieri possent perfecerat,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 55. —
    D.
    In mal. part., = energein, Mart. 3, 79, 2; cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 389; Capitol. Max. 4, 7.— perfectus, a, um, P. a., finished, complete, perfect, excellent, exquisite (class.).
    A.
    Of persons:

    oratorem plenum atque perfectum esse, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 59:

    homines in dicendo,

    id. ib. 1, 13, 58:

    perfectis et absoluti philosophi,

    id. Div. 2, 72, 150:

    homines,

    id. Off. 1, 15, 46; id. Brut. 30, 114:

    in geometriā,

    id. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

    in arte,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 547.—In a religious sense, righteous (eccl. Lat.):

    cor perfectum,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 4; id. Matt. 5, 48.—Perfectissimus, a title of honor under the later emperors, Cod. Const. 12, tit. 33; Am. 21, 16 init.; Lact. 5, 14, 18.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    naturae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 33:

    ratio,

    id. ib. 13, 34:

    pulchriora etiam Polycliti et iam plane perfecta (signa),

    id. Brut. 18, 70:

    perfectum atque absolutum officium,

    id. Off. 3, 3, 14:

    perfecta cumulataque virtus,

    id. Sest. 40, 86: aetas, full or ripe age, the age of fiveand-twenty, Dig. 4, 4, 32 init.—Comp.:

    valvae perfectiores,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 56:

    aliquid perfectius,

    id. de Or. 1, 2, 5; id. Brut. 18, 69; Hor. Epod. 5, 59; Quint. 12, 1, 21:

    ad perfectiora,

    Vulg. Heb. 6, 1.— Sup.:

    quod ego summum et perfectissimum judicem,

    Cic. Or. 1, 3; 15, 47; id. Brut. 31, 118; Juv. 2, 5.— Adv.: perfectē, fully, completely, perfectly (class.):

    eruditus,

    Cic. Brut. 81, 282; id. de Or. 1, 28, 130:

    veritatem imitari,

    id. Div. 1, 13, 23.— Comp., App. Flor. p. 357, 1; Tert. Apol. 45.— Sup., Gell. 11, 16 fin.

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  • 9 persuadeo

    per-suādĕo, si, sum, 2, v. a., to bring over by talking, to convince of the truth of any thing, to persuade (cf. convinco).
    I.
    In gen., constr. absol., with an obj.-clause and dat., rarely with acc. of the person:

    oratoris officium est dicere ad persuadendum accommodate,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 138:

    imprimis hoc volunt persuadere, non interire animas,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 14:

    velim tibi ita persuadeas, me, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 5, 3:

    hoc cum mihi non modo confirmasset, sed etiam persuasisset,

    id. Att. 16, 5, 2:

    ne si forte de paupertate non persuaseris, sit aegritudini concedendum,

    id. Tusc. 4, 27, 59; Hor S. 1, 6, 8; Verg. G. 2, 315: quis te persuasit, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 10 (p. 175, n. 4 Vahl.).— Pass. pers. (rare):

    cum animus auditoris persuasus esse videtur ab eis, qui, etc.,

    Auct. Her. 1, 6, 9:

    si persuasus auditor fuerit,

    id. ib. 1, 6, § 10: si scit et persuasus est, quid irascitur, etc., Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 2.— Pass. impers.:

    corrupti sunt quibus persuasum sit foedissimum hostem justissimo bello prosequi,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 35:

    mihi persuaderi numquam potuit, animos... vivere, etc.,

    id. Sen. 22, 80. persuasum habere, v. P. a. infra.—
    II.
    In partic., to prompt, induce, prevail upon, persuade to do any thing (class.); usually constr. with alicui, ut, or ne; rarely (and post-Aug.) aliquem or with an obj.-clause:

    persuasit nox, amor, adulescentia,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 24:

    metuebat ne sibi persuaderes, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 98:

    huic magnis praemiis pollicitationibusque persuadent, uti, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 18:

    huic Albinus persuadet, regnum ab senatu petat,

    Sall. J. 35, 2:

    duo sunt tempora, quibus aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim, unum, ne, etc.... alterum ne, etc.... quorum si utrumvis persuasissem, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 24:

    numquam tamen haec felicitas illi persuasit neglegentiam,

    led him into negligence, Sen. Exc. Contr. 3, praef. 5:

    omnia nobis mala solitudo persuadet,

    Sen. Ep. 25, 5:

    persuasit ei tyrannidis finem facere,

    Nep. Dion. 3, 3:

    nec arare terram aut expectare annum tam facile persuaseris, etc.,

    Tac. G. 14 fin.:

    quis Romanis primus persuaserit navem conscendere?

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4:

    frigidāque etiam hibernis algoribus persuasit,

    Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 10:

    aliquā die te persuadeam, ut, etc.,

    Petr. 46.— Impers. pass.:

    his persuaderi, ut, etc., non poterat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 10:

    persuasum est facere,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 93; cf.:

    tibi quidquam persuaderi potuisse,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 1:

    tibi persuasum habere, for sibi persuaderi: ea loca provinciae adjungere sibi persuasum habebant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 2 fin.; v. Zumpt, Gr. § 407, n. 1; § 634.—Hence, P. a.: persuāsus, a, um, fixed, established, settled. —Sup.: quod mihi persuasissimum est, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2.—Esp., in phrase persuasum habere, to be convinced, regard as settled:

    quia persuasum habuerunt, animas hominum immortalis esse,

    Val. Max. 2, 6, 10: comperi persuasissimum habuisse eum, with obj.clause, Suet. Ner. 29:

    at nos e diverso fumi amaritudine vetustatem indui persuasum habemus,

    Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 40:

    persuasum habeo posse fieri ut, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 9; Col. 1, 1, 4; 4, 3, 3 al.

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  • 10 probo

    prŏbo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [1. probus].
    I.
    To try, test, examine, inspect, judge of any thing in respect of its goodness, fitness, etc. (rare in class. Lat.; not in Cic. or Cæs.; in eccl. Lat. very freq.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    militem neque a moribus neque a fortunā probabat, sed tantum a viribus,

    Suet. Caes. 65:

    tus probatur candore, etc.,

    Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65:

    mucronem cultri ad buccam,

    Petr. 70:

    terram amaram sive macram,

    Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 33:

    denarios,

    id. 33, 9, 46, § 132:

    pecuniam,

    Dig. 46, 3, 39; cf.:

    sicut probavi ipse,

    have learned, proved by experience, Pall. 12, 7, 22:

    aurum per ignem probatur,

    Vulg. 1 Pet. 1, 7:

    juga boum,

    id. Luc. 14, 19.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    tuo ex ingenio mores alienos probas,

    judge of, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 30; id. Trin. 4, 3, 42:

    amicitias utilitate,

    Ov. P. 2, 3, 8.— So, to test, try, prove, examine the mind or heart:

    ipsi vos probate,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 13, 5; cf. id. Zach. 13, 9; id. Psa. 138, 1 et saep.—
    II.
    To esteem as good, serviceable, fit, just, etc.; to be satisfied with, to approve a thing (class.; cf.

    comprobare): quis est, qui non probet, qui non laudet?

    Cic. Mil. 28, 77:

    istam rationem laudo vehementer et probo,

    id. Fam. 7, 1, 5: Cato ea sentit, quae non probantur in vulgus, id. Par. prooem.; id. Fin. 2, 1, 1:

    Asia picem Idaeam maxime probat,

    Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 128.—With objectclause:

    Caesar maxime probat coactis navibus mare transire et Pompeium sequi,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 29.—
    B.
    In partic. (mil. t. t.), to approve for military service, to recruit, enlist: quo (die) primum probati sunt, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 30, 2.—
    C.
    To declare any thing well done, to express approbation of, to approve a thing:

    laudant fabrum atque aedes probant,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 20:

    domum,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 3:

    villam,

    Liv. 4, 22:

    petentibus, ut ad opera probanda, anni et sex mensium tempus prorogaretur,

    id. 45, 15:

    plausu probatae puellae,

    Juv. 11, 164.—
    D.
    To approve a person, to recognize as fit or worthy:

    ad unum Vercingetorigem probant imperatorem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 6:

    quā impudentiā est, eumne testem improbabit quem judicem probarit?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45.—
    III.
    To represent or show a thing to be good, serviceable, fit, right, etc., to make acceptable, to recommend; and: aliquid alicui, to convince one of any thing:

    quos (libros), ut spero, tibi valde probabo,

    Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:

    officium meum P. Servilio,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82:

    causam alicui,

    id. Quint. 30, 92:

    nostrum officium ac diligentiam,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 72:

    factum suum alicui,

    id. Att. 16, 7, 4:

    omnia facta dictaque mea sanctissimis moribus tuis,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 3 (20), 3.—With de:

    quibus de meo celeri reditu non probabam,

    Cic. Att. 16, 7, 4: se alicui, to make one's self acceptable:

    (Epicurus) multis se probavit,

    id. Fin. 2, 25, 81:

    quā in legatione (Ligarius) et civibus et sociis ita se probavit, ut, etc.,

    id. Lig. 1, 2.— Pass.:

    mihi egregie probata est oratio tua,

    has pleased, Cic. Tusc. 4, 4, 8.—
    B.
    In partic., to make a thing credible, to show, prove, demonstrate:

    crimen,

    Cic. Fl. 37, 93:

    his ego judicibus non probabo, C. Verrem contra leges pecunias cepisse?

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

    causam paucis verbis,

    id. Balb. 21, 49:

    se memorem probare,

    grateful, id. Fam. 10, 24, 1:

    perfacile factu esse illis probat, conata perficere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

    hoc difficile est probatu,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 1:

    et patrio pater esse metu probor,

    my paternal fear shows that I am your father, Ov. M. 2, 91:

    sicut Thrasvmachi probat exitus,

    Juv. 7, 204.—With se: malo praesens observantiā, indulgentiā, assiduitate memorem me tibi probare, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 1.—
    C.
    To represent, pass off a person for another:

    loquebantur suppositum in ejus locum, quem pro illo probare velles,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 78:

    quod tu istis lacrumis te probare postulas, Non pluris refert quam, etc.,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 101.—So absol.: forma et aetas ipsast, facile ut pro eunucho probes, pass for one, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 84.—Hence, prŏbātus, a, um, P. a.
    A. 1.
    Of persons:

    ceterarum homines artium spectati et probati,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 124:

    ingeniosos et opulentos, et aetatis spatio probatos,

    id. Top. 19, 73:

    operum probatissimi artifices,

    Col. 11, 1, 6:

    probatissima femina,

    most excellent, Cic. Caecin. 4, 10.—
    2.
    Of things:

    argentum,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 1:

    probata experimento cultura,

    Quint. 10, 2, 2:

    boleti probatissimi,

    Plin. 16, 5, 11, § 31:

    probatissima palma,

    id. 23, 5, 52, § 98:

    probatissima statua,

    id. 34, 8, 19, § 53: probata et exspectata adulescentia, Lucil. ap. Non. 437, 13:

    moneta,

    Vulg. Gen. 23, 16.—
    B.
    Transf., pleasing, agreeable:

    ut nemo probatior primoribus patrum esset,

    Liv. 27, 8:

    probatissimus alicui,

    Cic. Planc. 11, 27.

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  • 11 vinco

    vinco, vīci, victum, 3, v. a. and n. [perh. causat. of root ik-; Gr. eikô, to yield; but cf. per-vicax; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 106], to conquer, overcome, get the better of, defeat, subdue, vanquish, be victorious, etc. (syn.: supero, debello).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In war or battle:

    jus esse belli, ut qui vicissent, iis, quos vicissent, quemadmodum vellent, imperarent, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

    Carthaginienses navalibus pugnis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55:

    Galliam bello,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 34 fin.:

    non virtute neque in acie vicisse Romanos,

    id. ib. 7, 29:

    id vi et virtute militum victum atque expugnatum oppidum est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 36:

    vicimus vi feroces,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 82: aio te, Aeacida, Romanos vincere posse, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 186 Vahl.): sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 ib.): aliquando [p. 1992] ut vincat, ludit assidue aleam, Poët. ap. Suet. Aug. 70 fin.:

    L. milia,

    to win at play, August. ib. 71.—
    B.
    In a lawsuit, etc., to be successful, to gain:

    vincere judicio,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 53:

    quem tu horum nil refelles, vincam scilicet,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 82; Hor. S. 1, 2, 134:

    causam suam,

    to win, Ov. H. 16, 76.— Pass.:

    factum est: ventum est: vincimur,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 85.—
    C.
    In other relations, to win, prevail, be successful, gain, overcome:

    sponsione,

    Cic. Quint. 27, 84:

    sponsionem,

    id. Caecin. 31, 91:

    vicit iter durum pietas,

    controlled, made easy, Verg. A. 6, 688; cf. Mart. 5, 23, 5; Claud. Cons. Hon. 46:

    labor omnia vicit,

    Verg. G. 1, 145; cf.

    difficultates, Auct. B. G. 8, 21: virgam,

    to win, Verg. A. 6, 148:

    vicit tamen in Senatu pars illa, quae, etc.,

    Sall. J. 16, 1:

    factione respectuque rerum privatarum... Appius vicit,

    Liv. 2, 30, 2:

    cum in senatu vicisset sententia, quae, etc.,

    id. 2, 4: Othonem vincas volo, to outbid (in an auction), Cic. Att. 13, 29, 2; 13, 33, 2.—To defeat as a candidate for office:

    competitorem in suffragiis,

    Quint. 7, 1, 29.—
    D.
    Transf., of inanimate subjects.
    1.
    To overcome, overwhelm, prevail over, etc.:

    (naves) neu turbine venti Vincantur,

    Verg. A. 9, 92:

    victa ratis,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12:

    flammam gurgitibus,

    id. Am. 3, 6, 42:

    noctem flammis,

    Verg. A. 1, 727:

    vincunt aequora navitae,

    prevail against, get the better of, Hor. C. 3, 24, 41:

    victaque concessit prisca moneta novae,

    Ov. F. 1, 222:

    quernaque glans victa est utiliore cibo,

    id. ib. 1, 676:

    corpora victa sopore,

    id. ib. 1, 422; cf.:

    blanda quies furtim victis obrepsit ocellis,

    id. ib. 3, 19:

    hi casses (linei) vel ferri aciem vincunt,

    Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 11:

    campum turbā vincente,

    overflowing, Sil. 6, 390.—
    2.
    To outlast, survive:

    (aesculus) Multa virum volvens durando saecula vincit,

    Verg. G. 2, 295:

    vivendo mea fata,

    id. A. 11, 160.—
    3.
    To surmount, scale:

    aëra (sagittae),

    Verg. G. 2, 123; cf.:

    montes ascensu,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 46.—
    4.
    To reduce, change, etc.;

    of cooking: nec viscera quisquam... potest vincere flammā,

    Verg. G. 3, 560:

    cochleas undis calefactas et prope victas,

    Ser. Samm. Med. 319.—Of smelting ores:

    metallorum primitiae nullis fornacibus victae,

    Tac. H. 4, 53.—Of melting snow:

    nive, quae zephyro victa tepente fluit,

    Ov. F. 2, 220.—

    Of digestion: pervigilio quidem praecipue vincuntur cibi,

    Plin. 11, 53, 118, § 283.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to prevail, be superior; to convince, refute, constrain, overcome, etc.:

    argumentis vincit,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 267:

    naturam studio,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 43:

    vincit ipsa rerum publicarum natura saepe rationem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 57; cf. id. ib. 3, 8, 13: si subitam et fortuitam orationem commentatio et cogitatio facile vincit;

    hanc ipsam profecto assidua ac diligens scriptura superabit,

    id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

    sapientis animus vincetur et expugnabitur?

    id. Par. 4, 1, 27:

    animum,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 29:

    non est consentaneum, qui invictum se a labore praestiterit, vinci a voluptate,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

    labascit, victu'st, uno verbo, quam cito!

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 98:

    eludet, ubi te victum senserit,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 10:

    illius stultitiā victa ex urbe tu migres?

    id. Hec. 4, 2, 13:

    adulescentulus saepe eadem audiendo victus est,

    id. Heaut. 1, 1, 62:

    peccavi, fateor, vincor,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 31:

    victus patris precibus lacrimisque,

    Liv. 23, 8, 4:

    divūm pater victus tuis vocibus,

    Hor. C. 4, 6, 21:

    est qui vinci possit,

    id. S. 1, 9, 55:

    pietas Victa furore,

    id. C. 3, 27, 36:

    victus amore pudor,

    Ov. Am. 3, 10, 29:

    filia victa in lacrimas,

    Tac. A. 1, 57:

    victus animi respexit,

    Verg. G. 4, 491:

    triumphantes de lege victā et abrogatā,

    Liv. 34, 3, 9.— With ut:

    ergo negatum, vincor, ut credam miser,

    am constrained, compelled, Hor. Epod. 17, 27.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To overmatch in some quality, to surpass, exceed, excel, = superare:

    stellarum globi terrae magnitudinem facile vincebant,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

    opinionem vicit omnium, quae, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

    exspectationem omnium,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11:

    eam (noctem) edepol etiam multo haec (nox) vicit longitudine,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 125:

    morum immanitate vastissimas vincit beluas,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 26, 48:

    quamlibet mulierculam Vincere mollitiā,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 24:

    odio qui posset vincere Regem,

    id. S. 1, 7, 6:

    scribere, quod Cassi opuscula vincat,

    id. Ep. 1, 4, 3; cf.:

    qualia (praecepta) vincunt Pythagoran,

    id. S. 2, 4, 2.— Poet. with inf.: vir nulli victus vel ponere castra vel junxisse ratem, etc., excelled by none in pitching a camp, etc., Sil. 5, 552; 6, 141.—
    2.
    To prove triumphantly, show or demonstrate conclusively.
    (α).
    With obj.-clause:

    quid nunc? vincon' argumentis te non esse Sosiam?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 277:

    profecto ita esse, et praedico, vero vincam,

    id. Most. 1, 2, 12:

    vince deinde, bonum virum fuisse Oppianicum,

    Cic. Clu. 44, 124: dicendo vincere non postulo, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 4:

    vincet enim stultos ratio insanire nepotes,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 225.—
    (β).
    With ut:

    nec vincet ratio hoc, tantundem ut peccet idemque Qui, etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 115.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    si doceo non ab Avito, vinco ab Oppianico,

    Cic. Clu. 23, 64.—
    3.
    With respect to something disputed, to prevail, gain one's point, carry the day. So only in the expressions,
    a.
    Vicimus:

    cui si esse in urbe tuto licebit, vicimus,

    Cic. Att. 14, 20, 3:

    rumpantur iniqui. Vicimus: assiduas non tulit illa preces,

    Prop. 1, 8, 28: vicimus exclamat;

    mecum mea vota feruntur,

    Ov. M. 6, 513:

    vicimus et meus est,

    id. ib. 4, 356.—
    b.
    Vincite, viceris, vincerent, have it your own way, just as you like, carry your point, an expression of reluctant assent:

    vincite, si ita vultis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 30; Ov. M. 8, 509:

    vincerent ac sibi haberent, dummodo scirent,

    Suet. Caes. 1 fin.:

    viceris,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 21.—
    4.
    To treat worthily, set forth with dignity ( poet.):

    nec sum animi dubius, verbis ea vincere magnum Quam sit,

    Verg. G. 3, 289; cf.:

    vincere verbis,

    Lucr. 5, 733.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vinco

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